Contact: Peter Hammond watervole@icloud.com
Recent reports of analysis of water and sewerage company performance covered in Observer & Guardian online
www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/13/top-rated-uk-water-firms-dumped-1374-spills-into-rivers
Severn Trent Water
made illegal sewage spills on 803 days at 50 STWs
provided such unreliable spill data for 85 STWs that WASP could not disentangle all legal and illegal sewage spills
United Utilities
made illegal sewage spills on 571 days at 35 STWs
obstructed investigation of 37 STWs
provided such unreliable spill data for 47 STWs that WASP could not disentangle all legal and illegal sewage spills
Operator Self-Monitoring
WASP investigates potential abuse of Operator Self-Monitoring of sewage treatment
20 examples are discussed in detail
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