Hi John,

Do you trust private water companies? The same ones that have overseen double the number of times raw sewage was dumped in England and Wales’ waterways last year? [1]

Well the government does, that’s why they’re handing over power to investigate pollution incidents in our bathing waters to them. Can you join almost 150,000 people who want our beaches and rivers protected, instead of polluted?

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Over the years, the government has drastically slashed funding for the Environment Agency - the organisation that helps protect our treasured ecosystems, and ensures water companies don’t dump raw sewage in our beaches and rivers. Since those cuts, sewage dumps have doubled. [2][3]

The UK is ranked last in Europe for bathing water quality. People are swimming in human waste without knowing, swimmers are falling sick and some beaches are closed due to high levels of raw sewage. [4][5] Our beautiful natural sites deserve better - we deserve better.

But the government seems to think we don’t need to do anything. In fact, our new investigation has shown plans to give water companies powers to investigate their own pollution incidents and downgrade the importance of water testing. This would mean water companies will become responsible for reporting their own incidents - what could go wrong? [6]

Instead of giving them free reign to carry on polluting, the government must set ambitious targets to clean up water in England and Wales, and properly fund environment agencies to make sure water companies are held to account. Can you join over 150,000 people calling on the government to clean up their act?

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The government must prioritise safe, clean water - we urgently need more protections to preserve our waterways for generations to come.

Thank you for all you do,

Anthony
Greenpeace UK

Notes:

[1] Let polluters assess their own water incidents, Environment Agency says: [link removed]

[2] Liz Truss accused of having 'sewage on her hands' as discharge 'doubled' after budget cuts: [link removed]

[3] Liz Truss ‘has sewage on her hands’ over Environment Agency cuts: [link removed]

[4] Wild swimmers are getting sick from sewage, campaigners say: [link removed]

[5] Which UK beaches are closed due to sewage?: [link removed]

[6] Let polluters assess their own water incidents, Environment Agency says: [link removed]




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