Type in the below link.  Yet another shocking indictment of the failure of NRW.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59089813

Surely there are not that many outlets of pollution on the Lynfi that this could not be traced.  Caused it seems by a failure of response time which meant the slug of pollution had moved on before they actually attended the scene and samples they took were weak. Others took samples at the time of the pollution I understand but theses were deemed not to have been obtained' 'scientifically'?    I think many of us have a pretty good idea who was responsible but the outcome has become all too familiar.

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Ed’s petition to make the reduction of sewage pollution a legal requirement in the UK has over 105,000 signatures. However despite the pressure and recent news reports showing the pollution in UK waters, the Government are yet to take action. Ed thinks there is an opportunity to address this pollution crisis if MPs act now. The Environment Bill is going through parliament right now and he says it “may be the last chance to address this catastrophe which will only get worse with the impact of climate change.”  Will you add your signature today? Make reducing sewage pollution a legal requirement in the UK 109,143 have signed Ed Acteson’s petition. Let’s get to 150,000!

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Time is running out to stop the scandalous levels of sewage pollution which devastate our marine environment, pose a dire risk to public health, contaminate local shellfish industries and threaten coastal economies, dependent on tourism. In early September, the Environment Bill will be read in the House of Lords for the third and final time. In its current form, it fails to properly address the ongoing issue of privatised water companies pumping billions of litres raw sewage into the seas and rivers of the UK. There were more than 400,000 sewage discharges, or 100,000 hours of continuous spill, in 2020 alone. Sadly, the problem is getting worse, not better. UK water companies have underinvested in infrastructure for decades and continue to prioritise profit for their shareholders, over the health of their customers. Unless the law changes and compels them to clean up their act, nothing will change. The Environment Bill may be the last chance to address this catastrophe which will only get worse with increased housing development and the impact of climate change. By signing this petition, you are supporting the inclusion of the Marinet Amendment being discussed in the House of Lords, which introduces sensible legal requirements on water companies to progressively improve the sewerage and drainage systems; and, equally importantly, to ensure that this is delivered by progressively separating the surface water drainage system from the sewerage system. It’s not a lot to ask but without your help, it won’t happen.   NOTES The Environment Bill: The Government says the main purposes of the Bill are to: Transform our environmental governance once we leave the EU by putting environmental principles into law; introducing legally binding targets; and establishing a new Office for Environmental Protection.  Amendment to Environment Bill: Clause 80 currently reads: "Each sewerage undertaker must prepare, publish and maintain a drainage and sewerage management plan." The Duke’s (Marinet) amendment reads: "Each sewerage undertaker must prepare, publish and maintain a drainage and sewerage management plan with a requirement to improve every year the grade of sewage treatment of the sewerage system and also to separate the operation of the drainage system from the sewerage system.” It establishes a legal obligation within these management plans to progressively improve the sewerage and drainage systems; and, equally importantly, to ensure that this is delivered by progressively separating the surface water drainage system from the sewerage system, i.e. eliminating the overloading of the foul sewer and sewage works by surface water which is often the primary cause of the very large number of sewage overflows to rivers and sea. Water Company performance: In their environmental performance report into the water and sewerage companies in England in 2020, published on 13 July, the Environment Agency concluded that “Performance is not good enough…We remain concerned that 2 companies [Southern Water and South West Water] are still significantly under performing in several areas”. Duke of Wellington in House of Lords. 7 July 2021: I am obviously disappointed that the Government are not yet prepared to place an immediate legal obligation on the water companies to begin to improve, and continue to improve, their treatment plants. I am pleased that the Minister has indicated that he is prepared to meet further. It would be helpful if we could find amendments that are more acceptable to the Government, because I sense a strong cross-party consensus in the House that we have to do more than the Bill currently proposes. I particularly hope that the Government will consider doing more along the lines of the amendments of my noble friend Lord Cameron, on nature-based solutions, and the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, on greywater systems. Southern Water: Recently published spill data from Southern Water for 2020, listed 8,950 incidents across the county known as the Garden of England (113% increase since 2017) and more than 400,000 discharges across the UK. The Greensands consortium members comprise a mixture of infrastructure investment funds, pension funds and private equity. The infrastructure funds are managed by JP Morgan Asset Management, UBS Asset Management and Hermes Investment Management. The pension funds are represented by JP Morgan Asset Management, UBS Asset Management, Hermes Investment Management and Whitehelm Capital or are self-managed. Cheung Kong Infrastructure and The Li Ka Shing Foundation are direct investors. View the latest consolidated Greensands Holdings accounts. Southern Water has paid its chief executive Ian McAulay a £538,100 bonus despite reporting an ’unacceptable’ rise in pollution across its network. The award took his total annual pay and pension to £1.1million, more than double his basic salary of £435,000. The recent £90 million fine imposed on Southern Water for illegally pumping 21 billion litres of raw sewage into protected waters in the Swale Estuary and the Solent in 2010-15 underlines the need for legal protection in an industry which one MP described as, “out of control” and a campaign group calls "criminal capitalism". Sewage spills by the same company have more than doubled since 2017 in Kent and Sussex yet Southern Water reported profits of £221 million in 2020. Its Chief Executive, Ian McAulay was awarded a bonus of £538,100, despite the Environment Agency (EA) describing his company’s environmental performance as "unacceptable".

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