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Rivers of Sewage: Britain’s Failing Experiment

Rivers of Sewage: Britain’s Failing Experiment

ESG Investor

The UK is one of the only countries in the world to have privatised water. Now the system is collapsing, with investors writing off billions and wondering if it was all worth it.

If you go for a swim in an English river this summer, your chances of coming face-to-face with a floating lump of human excrement are – according to official figures – uncomfortably high. Last year, sewage was dumped into England’s rivers for a total of 3.6 million hours, up 54% on the…

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