In response to the Office For Environmental Protection’s announcement of an ‘information notice’ issued to DEFRA, Ofwat and the Environment Agency regarding potential illegalities in their regulation of water companies and sewage releases[1], Megan Corton Scott, political campaigner for Greenpeace UK, said:
“Over the last few years the greed of water companies has been exposed, and we have all been shocked at how they have been allowed to get away with such severe environmental damage and reckless profiteering. We know that the sewage crisis is a stain on our country, it is unacceptable to use nature reserves and beaches as open toilets, and it is the governments responsibility to stop this from happening. The polluting companies have been allowed to take billions in dividends and bonuses for failing to do their job. This announcement hopefully signals a turning of the tide in how the government protects our rivers and seas.”
