the government s green policies are coming in for renewed scrutiny, notjust on climate change but also on the cleanliness of our waters. raw sewage was released into coastal waters and rivers in england 400,000 times in the last year. last week, mps voted against an amendment to a bill that would have imposed a legal duty on water companies to stop doing it. it s being debated now in the house of lords and in the last few minutes the governent has added a new amendment to strengthen the bill. our correspondent zoe conway has more. this is untreated sewage being released into langstone harbour in hampshire. the footage was shot last thursday. the sewage poured out of it for 49 hours straight. ijust couldn t believe what i was seeing. the general reaction from people on social media who ve seen the film now, they really are astonished at quite how much of this is happening, and it is happening right along our coastline. the sewage came from here, the budds farm treatment plant run by sou
the general reaction from people on social media who have seen the film, they really are astonished at quite how much of this is happening, and it is happening right along our coastline. quite simply, it needs to stop. the sewage came from here, the budds farm treatment plant run by southern water. it is allowed to discharge what the company says is heavily diluted waste water into the harbour during heavy rainfall. this prevents it backing up and causing flooding. the concern is that notjust the faecal matter that is coming out through that plant, it is full of chemicals, as well. all the chemicals we use every day that are underneath our sinks and keep them locked away from children because they are toxic, they come out here and can be toxic to our wildlife, as well. they could be changing their sex, affecting their immune system, causing cancer. there could be birds coming
the pipe, known as an outfall, is seven foot wide. the footage was shot last thursday. the sewage poured out of it for 49 hours straight. i launched my drone from about 100 metres over there, and, er, once i was flying over the top looking at the screen, ijust couldn t believe what i was seeing. the general reaction from people on social media who ve seen the film now, they really are astonished at quite how much of this is happening, and it is happening right along our coastline. quite simply, it needs to stop. the sewage came from here, the budds farm treatment plant run by southern water. it is allowed to discharge what the company says is heavily diluted waste water into the harbour during heavy rainfall. this prevents it backing up
in the sewage dumped in rivers following criticism by the house of lords. peers proposed a change to the environment bill last week but it didn t win enough support from mps. following widespread criticism, ministers have now promised to impose new legal control, as zoe conway reports this is untreated sewage being released into langstone harbour in hampshire. the footage was shot last thursday. the sewage poured out of it for 49 hours straight. the concern is notjust the faecal matter that s coming from the treatment plant, it s full of chemicals as well all the chemicals we use every day that are underneath our sinks and we keep them locked away from our children, because they re toxic they come out here. the sewage came from here, the budds farm treatment plant run by southern water. it s currently allowed to discharge what the company says is heavily diluted waste water into the harbour during heavy rainfall. this prevents it backing up and causing flooding.