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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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