exposing the fact that there are insufficient flow monitors at discharge sites for the Environment Agency , Ofwat, and other UK enforcement agencies to tell the volumes of untreated waste entering rivers is just the latest example of how these watchdogs have been rendered largely toothless.
Like so many other public bodies, the professionals who staff the EA and Ofwat find their efforts to hold polluters to account are shaped by a world in which finite resources must cater for ever-expanding demands.Cahal Milmo is chief reporter at
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