MP calls for crackdown on raw sewage discharges in English rivers
by Sandra Laville Environment correspondent from on (#559QN)
Tory Philip Dunne says he wants to introduce water firms to polluter pays' principle and launches private member's bill
A fresh attempt to change the law to stop water companies from releasing raw sewage into rivers has been launched by a senior Conservative MP.
Philip Dunne, the chair of the environmental audit committee, is seeking in a private member's bill to place a duty on water companies to ensure untreated sewage is not discharged into rivers and inland waterways.
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