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UK Minister Pledges to Halve Sewage Pollution by 2030
The Daily Guardian
|July 21, 2025
The number of times sewage is discharged by water companies will be halved by 2030, the environment secretary has pledged.
Steve Reed told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that people were "furious" about the "broken" state of the water sector, and that they could judge him at the next election if he had not overseen an improvement.
Serious pollution incidents by water companies in England rose by 60% in 2024 to the highest number on record, data published by the Environment Agency on Friday shows.
It marks the first time the government has set a clear target on the number of pollution spills, following public outcry over the state of the UK's waterways.
Reed said he had spoken to people "up and down the country" who were "furious about the state of our water".
He told Laura Kuenssberg that he would be held accountable if there had not been improvements in water quality by the next election.
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