Legal group challenges information blackout on sewage discharges in England
by Sandra Laville Environment correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#5V3EJ)
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A campaign group is challenging what it says is an information blackout imposed by the Environment Agency on its investigation into suspected illegal sewage dumping in England.
The inquiry began after water companies admitted to the agency they may have been illegally discharging raw sewage from treatment works into rivers and streams.
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