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In my case are swimming. it isjust appalling and unacceptable. and that is why they are protesting and i backed them 100%. in the statements of the water said it understands the concerns of protesters, storm overflows prevent homes from being flooded and it is leading the industry in producing the liens on permitted storm overflows and discharges. but the local mp said that is not good enough. it is a terrible - instance in 2017 and i increased every single year in lastl year they increased by 1...

THE leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council has written to the new Defra Secretary of State calling for an end to "unacceptable"…

A community group found thousands of wet wipes and other sanitary products on a Wirral beach, they say came from sewage.

Company will use bailiffs if those protesting against continuing raw sewage discharges continue to hold back payment of bills

For illegal sewage discharge. filmed by campaigners last winter, this seems to show raw sewage being released into the river thames. its not clear whether this was an illegal discharge or not. given the option, though, of potentially flooding peoples homes with raw sewage, or releasing that raw sewage into the sea — its going to be the sea, isnt it? presently, the system is completely overwhelmed — that is correct, yes — and thats due to a lack of investment in the infrastructure since pri...

By 2035, all storm overflows which discharge water into bathing areas will need to be improved. the environmental audit select committee assesses the impact of government policies on the environment. well, i welcome this plan — i mean, its going to be increasing the capital investment by water companies into sorting out the treatment of our waste water by more than double over the next 25 years. and that in itself was double the level that it was in the decade prior to privatisation. so i thin...

And that�*s due to a lack of investment in the infrastructure since privatisation over 30 years ago. on friday, the government published a plan to tackle the problem in england. water companies will need to invest £56 billion over 25 years on infrastructure. by 2035, all storm overflows which discharge water into bathing areas will need to be improved. the environmental audit select committee assesses the impact of government policies on the environment. well, i welcome this plan — i mean, ...

Into the sea in hampshire, west sussex and kent. this separate incident was filmed in langstone harbour in hampshire in october of last year. thames water has been fined more than £30 million since 2017 for illegal sewage discharge. filmed by campaigners last winter, this seems to show raw sewage being released into the river thames. its not clear whether this was an illegal discharge or not. given the option, though, of potentially flooding peoples homes with raw sewage, or releasing that raw ...

Potentially flooding treatment plants, roads — even peoples homes. so to stop that happening, in exceptional circumstances, water companies can legally discharge raw sewage into rivers and the sea. but the circumstances have to be exceptional — otherwise water companies might be breaking the law. in july last year, southern water was fined a record £90 million for illegally dumping billions of litres of untreated sewage into the sea in hampshire, west sussex and kent. on friday, the governm...

CHESTER Zoo have questioned the actions of Welsh Water saying recent discharges of sewage into the River Dee are "totally unacceptable"…