EAC comments on Government announcement on sewage discharges

Thursday, 31 March 2022 08:50

Reacting to today’s announcement by the Environment Secretary on tackling sewage discharges, Environmental Audit Committee Chairman, Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP, said: “The Government’s announcement today represents a sea change in policy action around sewage. For far too long—as we emphasised in our report on Water Quality in Rivers—policymakers, water companies and regulators have all turned a blind eye to the awful and disgusting practice of discharging raw sewage...Request free trial