That does appear to be the case, yes.
Comment on BBC uncovers 6,000 possible illegal sewage spills in one year
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 3 months ago
What’s the underlying problem that’s causing water companies to go down this route? Has there been a chronic lack of investment over the years and now they aren’t keeping up with demand and having to dump it instead of process it?
Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 3 months ago
There’s also a lack of funding for the regulator which means the BBC is the one finding these spills, not the agency that’s responsible for tracking then.
Tamo240@programming.dev 3 months ago
Not lack of investment, lack of expenditure in favour of payouts to shareholders instead.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw4478wnjdpo