Testing conducted by LBC on the River Wylye has revealed the shocking state of Britain’s water industry with a number of environmental targets being repeatedly missed. In the latest edition of Feargal on Friday, Feargal Sharkey, the former Undertones frontman and environmental campaigner, travelled to the Wiltshire countryside to test part of the five chalk streams that make up the Hampshire-Avon catchment.
E Coli can cause diarrhoea, severe stomach cramps, vomiting and can be deadly in extreme cases.Following the results, Feargal took aim at Wessex Water - the company responsible for repeated sewage spills in the River Wylye - and the wider industry.“I care about these rivers. We should be treasuring, protecting, nurturing these rivers. Since privatisation, water companies have been criminally found guilty on over 1102 occasions.