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Feargal Sharkey

The ruin of the rivers and seas of this country with sewage must stop now

Campaigners march from Fistral Beach, Newquay, as they take part in a National Day of Action on Sewage Pollution (Ben Birchall/PA)

(Picture: PA Wire)

Dark clouds come first, then thunderstorms, then flash floods. But what follows next? In Britain in 2022 it’s raw sewage polluting our waterways and our seas.

How can this be happening? I’ll tell you how. The environment in this country is reaching crisis point. The sewage has become a noxious physical manifestation of 30 years of failure since the privatisation of water companies. We are suffering under a regulatory system that is incompetent and not up to task.

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