Minister vows to end water firms' pollution self-monitoring in England

Environment secretary, Steve Barclay, tells firms he will toughen regulatory approach but gives no timescaleThe environment secretary has told water companies in England that they will no longer be able to monitor and report on pollution from their own treatment works.Steve Barclay told the privatised industry he would put an end to operator self-monitoring in a toughening of the regulatory approach. Continue reading...