Water Companies Given £104 Billion Upgrade But Campaigners Fume Over 'Profit for Pollution'

Campaigners have reacted with fury to a deal for water companies which they claim will continue “profit for pollution” of rivers and seas.

There is also £6 billion of upgrades to combat nature-harming nutrient pollution from water works and farming, for around 1,000 sites and river catchments. In response to the settlement, Surfers Against Sewage chief executive Giles Bristow said a third of every pound a customer paid was lost to industry debt and dividends, not going to cleaning up rivers, lakes and seas.

River Action’s chair and founder Charles Watson said: “It is a travesty that customers are now being forced to pay higher water bills, especially when these increases are directly the result of years of under-investment by the water industry.” “These extortionate price rises won’t guarantee us cleaner water or solve the sewage crisis, they simply reward businesses for breaking the rules that protect people and nature,” she said calling for the right to a healthy environment in law, so communities could hold water firms to account.

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Water Companies Awarded £104 Billion Upgrade Despite Pollution ConcernsOfwat has approved a £104 billion upgrade for the water sector, leading to average household bill increases of £31 per year. While the investment aims to improve water quality and address sewage spills, environmentalists criticize the deal, arguing it perpetuates 'profit for pollution' and won't solve the water pollution crisis.
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