Given the scrutiny the water industry is under, you might have expected them to make sure the number of 'pollution incidents' in 2024 dropped, if not by the 40% (latterly) demanded by OFWAT, then at least by some smaller reduction.... but no; incidents use by 30% (the highest in 10 years).
If public scrutiny & the regulator cannot drive improvement, the case for (re)nationalisation of water looks ever stronger!
#water #privatisation
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/16/water-companies-pollution-incidents-in-england-increased-by-30-in-2024
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