Britain’s Environment Agency said in a report published on Tuesday that the country’s water companies are spelling sewage into rivers and seas. The agency said that majority of these companies were failing to get the basics right.
The regulator, said in its annual report that five out of nine companies were rated as “requiring improvement” and the pace of progress towards making water cleaner was too slow, news agency Reuters reported.
Britain’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Steve Reed said that the report’s findings are “shocking”.
“For too long, water companies have pumped record levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. This government will never let this happen again,” he said in a statement.
Britain has faced years of under investment from private water companies; in addition with heavier rainfall from climate change and a growing population to bring the country’s water industry into a problematic position as it is of now.
