Water Firms Face Class Action Lawsuit For Polluting British Bathing Spots

DARTFORD, ENGLAND - AUGUST 10: In an aerial view, sewage is processed at Thames Water's Longreach Sewage Treatment Works on August 10, 2023 in Dartford, United Kingdom. A class action legal case is being brought against six other water companies across England, Severn Water, Thames Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water, on behalf of their customers. It will allege the companies failed to properly report sewage spills and the pollution of rivers and seas to the Environment Agency and Ofwat. This amounts to a breach of competition law, which affects the price they can charge customers. If successful the public could receive hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation. (Footage by Carl Court/Getty Images)