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peterstefanovic.bsky.social • 21 hours ago

Water companies routine use of emergency overflows ‘illegal’, says environment secretary

https://www.channel4.com/news/water-companies-routine-use-of-emergency-overflows-illegal-says-environment-secretary

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eagleneedle.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Well do something about then. You are in government now stop blabbing and take action.

stewtoon.bsky.social•18 hours ago

For goodness sake do something about it then. How about nationalisation?

d3rrick.bsky.social•19 hours ago

No shit Sherlock.

drkoning.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Is this really news?!?!

davidashleyowens.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Ofwat are not fit for purpose they are more concerned about the profits of 💦 companies than the constant hike in customers bills we as the bill payers have paid for the upgrades to 💦 infrastructures 🔟 x over. But the money for these improvements ended up in shareholders and CEO pockets.

crasus.bsky.social•10 hours ago

But this has been going on for decades. Ok it's increased significantly since 2016. Water companies have continually broken the law.

argojason.bsky.social•11 hours ago

So he thinks it’s illegal! Well why doesn’t he do something about it then? 😡😡

simonoak.bsky.social•21 hours ago

So, big fines for those responsible, please. It's all about money for them.

archsomnia.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Nationalisation! Easiest win of Labour's entire government would be this...

There is no downside.

rich-mouldymuffin.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Imagine a radical Labour Party. Imagine the change we could all see. So sad.

msbluewednesday.bsky.social•20 hours ago

So … he’ll be stopping them using them, yes 🤔

stephenroach.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Lock up the CEOs. That would put a stop to all this bloody nonsense.

andrewhaglington.bsky.social•4 hours ago

BUT what is actually going to be done?
💩
#CleanWater
NOT
#Sewage

lindsayea.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Do something, then!!

djcaress.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Actions speak louder than words.

So now that test is put to Labour. Over the course of time everyone will know how serious they really are about properly tackling an issue that’s gone beyond the point of being a National scandal.

mrsgayguevara.bsky.social•18 hours ago

So do something? Let me guess though, trans women or disabled folks are to blame? Action seems to be reserved for harming society's vulnerable minorities.

anniedorset.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Whatever Labour do, it’s ultimately the taxer payer who is going to pay for the mess of years of neglect.

toneg99.bsky.social•19 hours ago

It doesn’t have to be. That’s a political choice. And as always Labour will make the wrong one

anniedorset.bsky.social•19 hours ago

I know 🙁

e5j.bsky.social•21 hours ago

When will he tell us something we don’t already know !

annoyed-aldo.bsky.social•19 hours ago

So then do something about it . . . Make the Fines eye watering high for example £100million per spill then £120million for every spill after that . . .

toneg99.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Fines won’t make a difference. Personal liability and prison sentences will.

whysocialmedia.bsky.social•20 hours ago

We know this, they have oodles of convictions yet still their behaviour doesn't change. He's going to have to try harder.

stevenmcsigh.bsky.social•21 hours ago

The great water company privatisation swindle. Time for public ownership.

charleycharles.bsky.social•13 hours ago

So previous executives presided over illegal operations and took huge bonuses? That's OUR goddamn money, we need to get it back, then they need to be taken to court.

tina75.bsky.social•15 hours ago

And journalist need to stop referring to them as “spills”. They are illegal sewage releases not accidents!!

chiaroscurof19.bsky.social•21 hours ago

You don’t say!!! 🤷‍♀️

nckgry.bsky.social•19 hours ago

AT LAST - but what is going to be done about it?

brucekinabalu.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Can he please put a stop to it ASAP - the damage to wildlife is immense.

mrrobertbob.bsky.social•21 hours ago

And yet they continue to do so.

1olddemocrat.bsky.social•19 hours ago

This is proof that private ownership of essential services, businesses and basic utilities only leads to consumers being abused, robbed and the environment being damaged.

borisnorris.bsky.social•21 hours ago

But sometimes (and increasingly often) it is unavoidable if the holding capacity is exceeded. I don’t understand why it would be in the company’s interests to purposely release sewage.

toneg99.bsky.social•19 hours ago

They save money on not maintaining infrastructure to an adequate standard to stay within legal limits. I.e more money for the Execs and the shareholders

fritzbischoff.bsky.social•19 hours ago

…so, back to EU regulation standards then! 🇪🇺 Bravo! Took the 🇬🇧 UK only five years to reach that brilliant conclusion. 😂😂

Ah well, what’s five years swimming among your own 💩💩 when you’ve got “sovereignty”, eh?

robertfoxon.bsky.social•10 hours ago

So we'll see some water company bosses going to prison then? Nope, didn't think so.

mrred8691.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Jeez the comments on here are mad.
‘Do it then’, ‘bet it doesn’t happened’
Some people are never happy and I don’t recall all this vile bile when the Tories were in,just a ‘oh that’s bad’
Get a grip of yourselves and get behind them instead of shouting shit. So to speak.

jakkb77.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Words without actions or consequences are just words! Do something about it?

mrmicknl.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Now, prosecute the Tories for allowing it.

tibbsmum.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Water companies are also putting toxic commercial waste in with sewage sludge and then selling it as fertiliser to spread on fields. Been calculated it will cost 70bn to clean it up but it still hasn't been stopped

thinkitthrough.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Lock 'em up!

nikacp.bsky.social•21 hours ago

So let’s see sufficient penalties with criminal prosecutions.

llanc.bsky.social•14 hours ago

[To the environment secretary, who probably isn't ion here] No shit, Sherlock! Or maybe lots of it.

toneg99.bsky.social•19 hours ago

So what is he doing about it?

lozq76.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Then Fine them or prosecute the ceo

skinlessgorgon.bsky.social•21 hours ago

So basically, zero consequences for massive fraud and environmental damage on a global scale, because rich people don't go to jail.
But if you or me step a toe out of line, stop paying the bills because its either heat the home or feed the family that week then we get banged up for 10 years.

airman-382.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Yeah, nationalising the water companies because this utility is a strategic industry is a sensible option. But the other side of me believes we should hold these b@stards to account and force them to upgrade the technology and architecture at the expense of their shareholders.

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