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Households should not be forced to pay for water company's ‘cock-ups’
Water UK apologies for discharging sewage into Britain's rivers and coastal areas 824 times a day on average... BUT says customers will need to foot the £10bn bill needed to stop it
Representatives from Surfers against Sewage protest against sewage discharges at an overflow pipe on Long Rock Beach in Penzance, Cornwall, November 24, 2022
HOUSEHOLDS should not be forced to pay for water company “cock-ups,” a leading union said today after firms apologised over sewage spills into waterways.
Water UK said sorry on behalf of English water companies for sewage discharged into rivers and coastal areas.
There were 301,091 sewage spills in 2022 in England, an average of 824 a day, according to Environment Agency figures, though they do not include the volume of sewage discharged.
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