How did our rivers and seas get polluted by sewage?

Bale, Joanna, Bevan, Gwyn ORCID: 0000-0003-2123-3770 and Bayliss, Kate (2025) How did our rivers and seas get polluted by sewage? British Politics and Policy at LSE (24 Jan 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Clean water and effective sanitation are essential to human life. Yet every water and waste water company in England and Wales is under criminal investigation – amid allegations of widespread, illegal sewage dumping. Some have already paid out millions of pounds in fines. And the biggest, Thames Water, is on the brink of financial collapse. … Continued

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Management
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Date Deposited:	12 Feb 2025 15:57
Last Modified:	12 Feb 2025 15:57
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127262

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