Privatised firm ‘misleads’ over toxic chemicals in water; Defra slated over ‘lack of enforcement’
Every day, singer-turned-campaigner Feargal Sharkey tweets the latest news stories about the privatised water companies and the harm they are doing to our water – and waterways.
And every day, the news gets worse.
Cambridge Water, for example, potentially exposed customers to toxic chemicals in their water supply, and then put “incorrect information” on its website when the contamination became public knowledge…
"And the water company gave “incorrect information” on its website after news of the contamination was published in the national press."
What, a water company trying to mislead its customers, surely not?https://t.co/A6PsiXiZ2t
— Feargal Sharkey (@Feargal_Sharkey) April 22, 2023
… but there seems to be no point in hoping that the relevant government department will do the right thing:
The @NAOorguk has just published its latest appraisal of @DefraGovUK.
It pulls no punches stating there are "serious weaknesses", lack of "oversight and enforcement", "failing to make… progress", and on and on and on.
Some of us knew that already.https://t.co/M9nBcyzWCc
— Feargal Sharkey (@Feargal_Sharkey) April 22, 2023
And the other offences are racking up:
Perhaps @OliverHealdUK and @RichardHRBenyon might care to discuss why the 9 chalk streams already protected as SSSIs & SACs are all failing, over abstracted, pumped full of sewage
Action is what's needed not more words. We've had decades of that already.https://t.co/yYjWB67IsR
— Feargal Sharkey (@Feargal_Sharkey) April 22, 2023
"Wild swimming: 12 tips on how to swim in UK rivers and cut the risk of getting sick from pollution."
What a world we are living in that a national newspaper has to provide this kind of advice.
And @DefraGovUK. @Ofwat & @EnvAgency do what exactly?https://t.co/iBVi0Kn378
— Feargal Sharkey (@Feargal_Sharkey) April 22, 2023
"UK: Sewage dumping near beaches and rivers by water companies."https://t.co/SBGhUhhWAa
— Feargal Sharkey (@Feargal_Sharkey) April 22, 2023
Undoubtedly there will be more of the same tomorrow.
How long are you going to tolerate it?
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What annoys me is that the crimes committed by the water companies, is being totally ignored, also the tory government is complicit in these crimes…..Where are the arrests? Where are the prosecutions?where is the jail time….? Do we all have to catch cholera and other diseases before anything is done?