water companies have been accused of failing to monitor sewage discharges at popular british seaside resorts. pollution warnings were put in place across more than a0 beaches and swimming spots in england and wales after recent heavy rain overwhelmed sewer systems. data analysed by the liberal democrats found that many monitoring devices had either not been installed, or worked only a small proportion of the time. water firms insist they re tackling the issue, but campaigners say more needs to be done. water companies have now spent almost 9.5 million hours over the last six years, dumping sewage into the environment. and if the data is as faulty as it seems, that number could be a multiple of that by another multiplier of your choosing. it is just a desperate sign of the extraordinary state of chaos that this industry has managed to get itself into. feargal sharkey.
of failing to monitor the discharges of sewage. when you ve got £2.8 billion of operating profit, £1 billion being given to shareholders in dividends, and the executive staff of the water companies are getting a 20% pay rise last year, and at the same time, you see a complete lack of investment either in monitoring or in the infrastructure that would stop the sewage outflows in the first place, then you see that really, they haven t got a leg to stand on. and according to the liberal democrats, the monitors used to measure the amount of sewage being pumped into the sea across the uk are faulty or not even installed. the former lead singer of the band the undertones, feargal sharkey, who now campaigns for clean rivers, is also sharply critical of the water companies. water companies have now spent almost 9.5 million hours over the last six years dumping sewage
all this the result of heavy rains overwhelming the sewer systems. but now, the water companies stand accused of failing to monitor the discharges of sewage. when you ve got £2.8 billion of operating profit, £1 billion being given to shareholders in dividends, and the executive staff of the water companies are getting a 20% pay rise last year, and at the same time, you see a complete lack of investment either in monitoring or in the infrastructure that would stop the sewage outflows in the first place, then you see that really, they haven t got a leg to stand on. and according to the liberal democrats, the monitors used to measure the amount of sewage being pumped into the sea across the uk are faulty or not even installed. the former lead singer of the band the undertones, feargal sharkey, who now campaigns for clean rivers, is also sharply critical of the water companies. water companies have now spent almost 9.5 million hours over the last six years dumping sewage into the environ
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