New government plans will see money collected from fining water companies re-pumped back into the environment, instead of funding the Treasury.
There has been growing public outrage in recent months at the volume of raw or partially treated sewage pumped into the UK’s rivers and coastal waters.
Water firms are being criticised for not investing money back into the UK’s outdated water infrastructure, with mounting pressure on ministers to intervene.Many people have come across sewage in the sea while visiting the beach
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