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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Robyn Vinter

Britons need to be ‘less squeamish’ about drinking water from sewage, says agency head

A sewage treatment plant near Cromford in Derbyshire.
A sewage treatment plant near Cromford in Derbyshire. Drinking water reprocessed from sewage is ‘perfectly safe and healthy’, says Sir James Bevan. Photograph: NorthScape/Alamy

British people need to be “less squeamish” about drinking water derived from sewage, the boss of the Environment Agency has said.

Writing in the Sunday Times, Sir James Bevan outlined measures the government, water companies and ordinary people should be taking to avoid severe droughts.

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