Water firm bosses slammed after sewage spills hit five-year high

WATER bosses were blasted last night after sewage spills hit a five-year high.

A damning report by the Environment Agency identified a total of 2,174 pollution incidents — 1,902 of them involving sewage.

PAWater firms have been blasted after sewage spills hit a five-year high[/caption] AlamyThames Water was one of the four firms responsible for 90 per cent of 47 ‘serious incidents’ in the last five years[/caption]

There were 47 “serious incidents” deemed harmful to people and the environment...