Extra £180m of water spending to prevent sewage spills

The government has fast-tracked investment of £180m over the next 12 months in a bid to prevent more than 8,000 sewage spills polluting English waterways.
The new funding commitments are in addition to water companies’ existing £3.1bn investment into storm overflow improvements for this price review period (2020-2025), as well as their ongoing annual investment to maintain the performance of the existing network.
Examples of measures include accelerated wetland construction pro