Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap?

England's privatised water companies may only legally discharge raw sewage from their treatment plants under exceptional circumstances. There has to be heavy, continuous rainfall, with a real risk of flooding. The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) was set up, Post-Brexit, to replace the enforcement powers of the European Commission. Superior environmental standards, to those current in Europe, were promised. The OEP now says that the UK government, its Environment Agency and Ofwat (the body it set up to 'ensure' customers of water companies get a reasonable deal), may all be failing to comply with environmental law. They seem to be colluding to allow water companies to discharge raw sewage more frequently than the law allows. The only people to benefit from this arrangement are the water companies. They can keep their costs down and boost their profits (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/12/ministers-may-have-broken-law-over-sewage-dumping-in-england-says-watchdog). Hoist by their own petard?