Water Polluters

You might have assumed that the privatised water companies of England would have a vested interest in protecting the environments in which they operate. You might well be wrong. It appears that the companies were responsible for a record more than 2.2k pollution events last year (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/02/water-firms-england-criticised-rising-environmental-pollution). Pollution events here generally involve the leakage of sewerage into rivers and streams. This is a marked increase on the previous year and there have been calls on the companies to spend more on the infrastructure needed to prevent spills (rather than give it as rewards to their shareholders). The Southern English water boards are the most prolific offenders, with Southern Water being the worst of the bad. The rivers (many of which are used as water sources by the companies) have enough to contend with with the run off from farms and industrial pollution! This looks nothing like a 'green recovery'.