![]() ![]() Like gas and electricity networks, expansion has to happen in an ordered and methodical way. ![]() But a demand for the entire water network to be replaced wholesale would not have achieved that. The costs of this in disruption and money would have been passed, at least in part, onto customers.Īngela said: "The government - and myself - all want to see a programme of greater water capacity, fewer leaks and more reliable service to customers. This would either have meant sewage going into people's gardens and homes instead or a massive, disruptive and ruinously expensive ripping up, expanding and replacing of our water infrastructure such as has never been attempted by any country before. Sewage can *only* be put into waterways when storms strike and fill network to capacity, meaning that if it wasn't released into rivers there would be sewage backing up into people's homes.ĭuring the debate on the bill, an amendment was put forward in the House of Lords to remove this provision and prevent any discharge into rivers and waterways. The Environment Act clamps down on environmental crime, including the unauthorised dumping of sewage into rivers and waterways and will multiple by 100 the amounts of fines that can be levied against water companies for doing so. No MP voted for sewage to be passed into rivers. ![]() A number of blue plaques have mysteriously appeared across Guildford making various claims about the government and Angela's record on voting to "allow sewage into our rivers". ![]()
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