Water companies apologise for sewage dumps, pledge to take action for cleaner seas and rivers 🌊🚫💩
Anglian Water has joined a national apology from water companies for the alarming rate of sewage dumps and spills – after nearly 4,000 were recorded in Greater Lincolnshire last year.
Anglian Water was the water company with the second fewest recorded spills in the country last year, and it has committed to installing a further 22,000 monitors to record these incidents across its network.Sewage spills in 2022, according to the most recent data Photo: The Rivers Trust Water UK has set out an industry plan with three commitments to improve the situation, under the headings “accelerating progress”, “more transparency to improve accountability” and “supporting new bathing rivers”.
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