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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Alice Peacock

Water company bosses told to 'swim in the mess you've made' after pollution warnings

More than 50,000 people have signed a petition calling for the CEOs of two water companies given damning environmental ratings, to "swim in the mess they've made".

The 38 Degrees campaign addresses the CEOs of South West Water, Susan Davy, and Southern Water, Lawrence Gosden, after their companies received one-star in the governmnent's 2021 report Water and Sewerage companies in England: environmental performance.

The Environmental Agency (EA) report told of England's water and sewerage companies having the worst environmental performance "we have seen for years" and said "the sector's performance on pollution was shocking".

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