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sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 1 month ago

Water companies routinely discharging sewage from emergency overflows

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Water companies routinely discharging sewage from emergency overflows

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sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 1 month ago
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Over 160 outlets released more than 10 times a year and four water companies had at least one outlet releasing more than 100 times a year.
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    ya I think it’s a combination of factors causing them to do this, each of which comes back to that lack of investment.

    Also, any time you wonder if a publicly owned system would be better remember we already have one, Scottish Water, and overall they perform better.

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      It’ll be better if we actually make the investments rather than starve the nationalised enterprise. That means adequate staffing, staff training, and infrastructure planning and development.

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        Well that eveidently happened at Scottish water, their infrastructure investment is like 35% higher per household than it’s private counterparts.

        https://www.believeinscotland.org/scottish-water-a-victory-for-the-scottish-people-v-the-uk-government

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