Water firms face growing criticism over beach sewage
The government says companies are responsible but ministers also face accusations of failing to act. …
But Mr Sharkey told BBC Breakfast: “I’m afraid what you’re looking at is simply the result of 30 years of underinvestment by the water industry, 30 years of profiteering, 30 years of regulatory failure, and 30 years of a vacuum of political oversight and government failing to take proper control for this industry.”