Water companies that dump sewage in rivers and seas will face fines of up to £250m, the new environment secretary has said.
Ranil Jayawardena told water companies if they do not do more to prevent waste flowing into open water, he will bring in an up to 1,000-fold increase in civil fines. "On my first day in office I met water company bosses to give them their report card. I'll be polite: could do better," he was set to tell the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham on Monday.
"I asked them to write to me with their plans to accelerate investment in infrastructure. They did and now they must deliver. "Privatisation has put in £170bn of investment into our water infrastructure already, and the private sector will now put in
Remind me who let them do that in the first place?
must pay fine and swim in it too 🤷♀️
That Tory's voted to allow.
Could ... but something tells me that under Conservatives they won't.
In 2022 I can not believe they're still doing this. They should be fined a lot more
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