raw, untreated sewage, pumped into rivers, lakes, streams and the sea. this happened more than 300,000 times in england last year. that s more than 800 times a day. water companies release sewage like this when there s too much demand on their treatment works in rainy periods. they can be acting illegally, though, if they pump sewage into water when the conditions are dry or if they don t treat enough of the waste before releasing it. ministers want to clamp down on firms breaking the rules. they will announce plans for firms to face unlimited fines for polluting the environment. the environment secretary therese coffey says money from higher fines will be ringfenced and invested back into rivers, lakes and streams. the body representing water companies says fines alone won t clean up waterways. it s really important to remember that with 99% of sewage works
hard with our ferry operators and partners throughout kent to try and make certain that all the traffic that has been backlogged can get through as quickly as possible. but spare a thought for those who have not even got as far as the port. these students heading to croatia have been stranded at a nearby service station when their coach driver reached his daily driving limit. there s no toilet roll. they re running low on food. there s coaches constantly arriving. young children here from scouts, cubs. there s no one here to help. there s no security. there s nothing. there are people on the floor sleeping, people sat everywhere. it s just chaotic. tonight, the backlog is finally clearing, but it has been another bruising day for passengers and the port. bosses say as soon as they get through this weekend, the inquest into what went wrong can begin. staying in the uk, water companies could face unlimited fines, for discharging sewage into waterways in england, after it was revealed las
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have to improve the water quality, we all know that. this is really not something new. we know that 80% of the pollution indices come from the land. there is nothing magic in this, this comes from rivers, this comes from overflow of untreated sewage. just imagine if you are in a building and every morning you found garbage dropped by your neighbours, you will ask them to stop that. if the answer is, and this is the answer of the british government, we are aiming to progressively reduce the impact of this untreated sewage, you would say this is not acceptable. we have to act now to stop this. ijust want to give you the uk government s response to this. water minister steve double said: our world leading environment act has made our laws on water quality even stronger