#water-regulation

#water-regulation

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By putting sewage, including both toilet waste and that from showers and washing machines, into rivers we are destroying the building blocks of aquatic life. No plants, no invertebrates, no fish. The consequences for nature are disastrous, but this also has an impact on human welfare. Who wants to live next to, or visit, a stinking watercourse which gives no life or joy to wildlife or to humans?

Cunliffe's review suggested a new regulator, with powers to direct, or take control of, failing water firms, addressing the ongoing issues in the water sector.