Environmental and water consultant Carolyn Roberts, who plans to bring the claims, says water companies would have faced penalties if they had properly reported pollution incidents.
Water companies have pushed back against the proposed claims, describing them as "highly speculative". A spokesperson for industry body Water UK said: "This highly speculative claim is entirely without merit."
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