Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Water companies in England face outrage over record sewage discharges
Call for environmental emergency to be declared after data reveals 105% rise in raw sewage discharges over past 12 months
www.theguardian.com
Total discharges from the 14,000 storm overflows owned by English water companies that release untreated sewage into rivers and coastal waters increased by 54% to 464,056, according to data submitted to the Environment Agency by the industry.
Another great achievment from this tory govt. A true monment to thatchers privatisation agenda. And still these grifters cant admit that it has failed. Foreign corporations have been skimming profits for years while neglecting to invest in their business.
Even now water bosses are preparing to pay themselves a huge bonus for fouling up the waterways. And the govt is doing fuck all.
But it is the perfect metaphor for conservatism. An ideological nutty govt supplemented by an ineffectual regulator and an underfunded environment agency.
What could go wrong ?
Public utilities should be owned by the public.