Water companies pumped sewage into our rivers and lakes for more 13,372 hours last year.
The Conservatives are letting them get away with it and want taxpayers to pay to fix the problem. With the latest legislation passed by Government, they even allowed water companies to pollute our waters unchecked until 2035.
Lib Dem run Stockport Council has become the first council in the country to launch an official Sewage Inquiry. The results will be published soon.
Water companies need to clean up their own mess and stop dumping sewage in our rivers and lakes.
It's time for a 16% sewage tax on their £2.2 billion annual profits to improve our sewage system and protect our rivers and lakes.
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I/we the undersigned call upon the Conservative Government to stop water companies from dumping sewage into our lakes, rivers and seas, by taxing the £2.2bn annual profits of water companies to improve our sewage system.
The announcement of an immediate £86 rise in water bills, and a 32% increase over five years, has been criticised by Stockport MP Lisa Smart after it was revealed that the price rises would also fund increased dividends.
Liberal Democrat MP Lisa Smart has written to the chief executive of United Utilities, Louise Beardmore, asking for information showing that the company has made progress on cutting sewage dumping in the constituency.
New MPs Lisa Smart and Tom Morrison have written to United Utilities chief executive Louise Beardmore requesting a face to face meeting to challenge the water company on the levels of sewage dumping in local rivers and waterways.
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Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey was in Romiley this week to see first-hand the levels of sewage dumping into the River Goyt, which have increased dramatically in the last year, from already crisis levels.
A sickness compensation scheme which would have allowed anyone who gets sick as a result of illegal sewage dumping to claim compensation from water companies has been turned down by the Tory Government.
