Government has been urged to launch a public inquiry into the use of event duration monitors (EDMs) after the reliability of river water quality data was called into question. It comes after an ongoing study found that Severn Trent may have "breached their permits thousands of times". Peter Hammond, retired professor and environmental campaigner, told the Environmental Audit Committee that low levels of accuracy with EDM data is “scandalous”.
‘Unreliable’ river monitoring data hiding a scandal
