MP calls for crackdown on raw sewage discharges in English rivers

Tory Philip Dunne says he wants to 'introduce water firms to polluter pays' principle and launches private member's billExclusive: water firms discharged raw sewage into England's rivers 200,000 times in 2019A fresh attempt to change the law to stop water companies from releasing raw sewage into rivers has been launched by a senior Conservative MP.Philip Dunne, the chair of the environmental audit committee, is seeking in a private member's bill to place a duty on water companies to ensure untreated sewage is not discharged into rivers and inland waterways. Continue reading...