Emeritus Prof Christopher MaySep 5, 2023

And now another aspect of the #watercrisis emerges: illegal dry spilling by three southern England #water firms...

I think we can safely say that the political context for the water firms is that re-nationalisation is looking more & more like a popular policy.... the only Q. is how much further money the asset stripers can extract when the water companies are brought back into public ownership.

(we may see some interesting investment court cases see next post)

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66670132

Water firms illegally spilled sewage on dry days - data suggests

Three major companies released sewage on dry days in breach of their permits - BBC investigation.

BBC News
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@ChrisMayLA6 according to the radio news it's only three of them because the rest are under investigation by the Environment Agency and so didn't supply any data....
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