Water companies who break rules to dump raw sewage could face 'unlimited' fines under new plan

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💧 Companies that pollute waters could face “unlimited” fines under new plans to beef up enforcement

Water companies can only release sewage during heavy rain under strictly permitted conditions. But campaigners say spills happen more often than they should, even in dry conditions. They have called on the companies to invest their profits in infrastructure.

Liberal Democrat environment spokesperson Tim Farron said: “This is pointless whilst it remains legal for water companies to dump sewage into swimming waters. It is a national scandal that water companies are allowed to pump sewage into our rivers and coastlines all because ministers refuse to get tough with them.

“Thérèse Coffey must now resign. She has had months in post with nothing but hot air and empty rhetoric. Under Coffey’s plan, sewage will be pumped into our rivers for decades to come. Shamefully, the Environment Secretary has refused to ban water companies rewarding themselves with multi-million pound bonuses. It is time we had an Environment Secretary who actually cared about the environment.

The Trust warned the public to “only flush pee, poo and paper… because the truth is you never know if that waste will be treated or whether it will end up in your local river.”

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Looks like Christmas tress to me

Let's see. All talk at the moment.

Can we just take them back into public ownership instead!! Break the law, lose the business! May be a better deterent than paying for the privilege of breaking the law! Just a thought!

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Unlimited fines for water companies dumping sewageMinisters want to 'make polluters pay', after more than 300,000 waste spills in England's waterways last year. And “Unlimited” Profits with NO investment 🤷‍♂️ A F great idea by Tories to have them privatised to make rich mates richer whilst we get dumped on …our beaches 😡🤷‍♂️ And who pays the fines we do they just put the price of the bills up they don't care private company scumbags Which will be passed onto the consumer...
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Water companies face unlimited fines for dumping sewage into rivers and seas‘If the Prime Minister fails to take action now, we will hold him personally to account for killing our rivers and wildlife.’ New figures show that water companies contributed to an average of 824 sewage spills per day last year.
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