Raw sewage spilled into English rivers 824 times a day last year
Figure comes despite barely any rainfall during year and prompts call for environment secretary to resign
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Figure comes despite barely any rainfall during year and prompts call for environment secretary to resign
Seeing the quality of the river come before the profits of companies. the water company is investing in the wharfe. this £13 million pipe will divert much more rain water and sewage away from the river and store it underground ready for treatment. have water companies done an unacceptable amount of ecological damage to the rivers? i don't think any water company can say that their activities don't do harm to a river, but what we are trying to do is to do less. would you swim in the river around here? i would swim in the river when i think that it's a sensible time to do so. when is a sensible...
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