Explainers

How Private Water Companies Are Killing Britain’s Rivers

Last year in Britain raw sewage was pumped into rivers and coasts 375,000 times. Not a SINGLE river in England has a clean bill of health. Aaron Bastani explains how private water companies are killing the country’s waterways – and why water bosses should face jail time.

  • Published 22 October 2022

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