The recently adopted wastewater legislation in the EU increases and expands their standards to include things like a wider range of pollutants such as microplastics. Standards in the UK are no longer keeping track and are falling behind.
The companies deemed responsible will be required to pay for the infrastructure changes. The UK still has the old 1991 UWWT directive legislation, which was brought into EU law when the UK was still a member.
Earlier this year, the Guardian revealed that the UK is falling behind the EU on almost every area of environmental regulation, as the bloc strengthens its legislation while the UK weakens it.
With the dire state of river pollution in this country, in part due to sewage, the UK should be looking hard at all options to tackle this, and keeping track with these higher standards alongside smarter investment and more resources for enforcement should be on the table.
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