The protest comes amid a crisis as last year, RAW SEWAGE was discharged for more than 3.6 million hours into rivers and seas by England’s ONCE PUBLIC, NOW PRIVATIZED WATER COMPANIES, a 105% increase on the previous 12 months.
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Thousands of blue-clad protesters join London march for clean water
More than 130 organisations take part in protest demanding government action over country’s sewage crisisDamien Gayle (The Guardian)
Mark Ohe
in reply to Mark Ohe • • •“Meanwhile, the water industry has extracted vast profits from customers, while saddling their companies with billions in debt.
Last year, the Guardian revealed that more than a quarter of water bills in the south of England have been spent paying the interest on the debt the companies hold.”
Another result of #Brexit.