Two fresh legal challenges aimed at the water utility companies could have a big impact on that industry, it’s been revealed. The charity WildFish claims that the current £56 billion plan to reduce sewage impacts is “illegal” in passing the costs on to households, and that laws on dumping sewage have been broken for 30 years.
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It’s hoped that a win for campaigners could have massive legal repercussions for Britain’s failing water industry. “It’s time for the government to make water companies do what they have promised to do, and have been required to do by law for nearly 30 years,” said WildFish chief Nick Measham.
“This must be at their own expense. Our wild fish, our rivers and indeed all of us have had enough.”
To add further fuel to debate, the Good Law Company and Marine Conservation Society are making their own separate attacks in the high court, arguing that the current government approach is inadequate, effectively giving companies the green light for another 27 years of pollution.
With Thames Water and Yorkshire Water both billions of pounds in debt, these challenges come at a particularly vulnerable time for the utility companies.
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