Govt welcomes record fines for water companies over sewage
Environment Secretary Steve Reed welcomes Ofwat's decision to impose record fines on water companies for failing to tackle sewage spills.
Northumbrian Water, Thames Water and Yorkshire Water face financial penalties totalling £168m following the regulator’s largest ever investigation into the performance of water companies.
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Northumbrian Water, Thames Water and Yorkshire Water face financial penalties totalling £168m following the regulator’s largest ever investigation into the performance of water companies.
Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We're facing record levels of sewage being dumped in our waterways. There needs to be
00:04accountability for this and I welcome the decision from Ofwat today to impose these fines.
00:09On its own it's not going to be enough to deal with 14 years of failure which is what we're
00:13facing so I've already announced further special measures that the water companies will be placed
00:17under that includes making water bosses face criminal charges for persistent law breaking
00:22of the kind that we've seen. We'll ban the payment of their multi-million pound bonuses
00:27that money should have been spent on fixing the sewers not siphoned off into their bank
00:31balances and we'll ring fence customers money that is intended for fixing the sewage system
00:37so that it cannot be diverted for other purposes such as bonuses or dividends.