United Utilities underspent £52m on vital work to reduce sewage pollution, FoI reveals
by Sandra Laville Environment correspondent from on (#709ZD)
Privatised water company criticised over efforts to connect private septic tanks to mains and cut pollution
The water company United Utilities has underspent by more than 50m on vital work in Windermere and elsewhere in north-west England, to connect private septic tanks to the mains network and reduce sewage pollution, it can be revealed.
The financial regulator, Ofwat, revealed in response to a freedom of information request that the privatised water company had been allocated 129m to connect non-mains systems - mostly septic tanks - to the mains sewer network since 2000.
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