WHAT’S THE SOLUTION?
1 STOP SEWAGE POLLUTION
The priority is to prevent pollution at source. Tackling sewage pollution will require investment to improve our sewerage systems and install better water-treatment processes to strip out more chemicals. Feargal Sharkey says: “The amount that we pay in our water bills includes money to maintain and upgrade sewerage systems. The water companies need to do the job they have been paid for.”
2 MAKE POLLUTERS PAY
If fines are too low and infrequent, then water companies will treat them as operational costs, says Ashley Smith, from Windrush Against Sewage Pollution.
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