Sewage discharges from storm overflows are “getting better, not worse,” Zac Goldsmith has assured peers, whilst responding to oral questions about water companies in the House of Lords. The environment minister said cases of pollution in rivers and seas have become more prominent in recent years as a result of improved monitoring and the issue should not be treated as a new one because of heightened awareness.
Sewage discharges ‘getting better, not worse’, minister assures
