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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sandra Laville

Oxfordshire housing development ‘should be blocked due to failing sewage system’

Thames Water sewage treatment works, Cassington, Oxford
Thames Water sewage treatment works, Cassington, Oxford. Photograph: Adrian Arbib/Alamy

A major housing development should be blocked because underinvestment by Thames Water in the sewage system means it is unable to cope with the pressure of an increased population, the Environment Agency has warned.

Thames Water’s treatment plant in Oxford has been illegally discharging sewage for six years, causing significant risk to the rivers and environment from pollution, the EA has said.

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