We Need Transformational Reform of  the Water Sector to End Sewage Pollution

In 2023 there were  604,833 discharges of raw sewage across the UK.

Our water system is clearly broken.

The new government have committed to introduce a new law to help clean up our rivers lakes and seas. We are calling on this law to deliver transformational reform of the water system and set the country on a trajectory to end sewage pollution.

We want the government to create a new water system that prioritises public health, the environment and value for customer money instead of profiteering from pollution and creates healthy rivers, lakes and seas. 

The reform of the sector must achieve 5 key outcomes:  

• Guarantee enforcement of new and existing regulations.  

• Stop pollution for profit by cracking down on pay outs to water company executives and share holders.

• Ensure action is taken to immediately tackle the highest risk pollution events into bathing waters and Sites of Special Scientific interest.  

• Unleashes the potential of nature-based solutions to end pollution.  
• Reveals the truth about the scale and extent of the damage being done by sewage pollution in the UK.  

As well as pledging to protect the Ocean we are asking MPs to support this call for a strong new water laws.

You can find more information about the outcomes we want the new law to achieve here.