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Campaigners angry over bill rises amid ‘environmental carnage’ of sewage spills (www.standard.co.uk)

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Campaigners have reacted with fury to proposed water bill increases for households amid the sewage pollution scandal and cost-of-living crisis.

Regulator Ofwat has issued draft proposals to put up bills by £19 a year on average, or £94 over five years, a third less than the £144 average requested by water companies.

Ofwat said its proposals approved a tripling of investment to make sustained improvement to customer services and the environment, including a 44% reduction in sewage spills from storm overflows, compared with levels in 2021, and plans for nine reservoirs to reduce water taken from rivers.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

What? This must be of news, there was an announcement a few hours ago that the new government has met with the water companies to reject the price increase