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All 11 water firms in England and Wales face investigation over sewage spills
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CAMPAIGNERS warned that water companies will see fines as a “cost of business as usual” after the water regulator announced a probe into sewage spills today.

All 11 water and wastewater companies in England and Wales are now being investigated by Ofwat.

The regulator opened an investigation in 2021 into a third of treatment works.

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