Government to reinvest £100m from water company fines to clean up rivers, lakes, and seas

Stuart Stone
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Local projects to tackle 'record levels' of sewage will directly benefit from fines and penalties levied against water companies

More than £100m in fines and penalties levied against water companies is to be reinvested in projects designed to address "record levels" of sewage pollution, the government has today announced. The...

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