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Water firms' performance on sewage spills ‘unacceptable’, Environment Agency says
A tanker pumps out excess sewage from the Lightlands Lane sewage pumping station in Cookham, Berskhire which flooded after heavy rainfall, January 10, 2024
“At local level, it’s different."
THE Environment Agency (EA) has hit out at water companies’ “unacceptable” performance on sewage spills last year.
There were 47 serious pollution incidents last year, up from 44 in 2022, the regulator said today.
Four companies — Thames Water, Anglian Water, Southern Water and Yorkshire Water — caused 90 per cent of those incidents, its annual report said.
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