To: The privately owned water companies
Water pollution WHY PAY TWICE!
Government needs to set more strict standards and give Offwat more punitive powers.
Why is this important?
This problem we have today has built up since privatisation 30 years ago. When the public owned water companies were privatised initially investment in water and sewage cleansing brought our water into a reasonable standard. The Government then set legal standards for water supply and sewage cleansing. They then set up Ofwat to overlook this. Sadly the standards set were to low and Ofwat's powers are negligible.
As the spokesperson for the water companies said on radio 4 Today programme, the water companies kept within legal laws, but fully recognise the state of our water and sewage cleansing.
Why should we pay twice for negligence of governments since privatisation? Please sign to get this brought up in the House of Commons
