15 Oct 2026
£1.4bn industrial wastewater trade with no independent oversight – Guardian
Photo description: Wastewater flowing out of a concrete pipe. Photo by Abdullah Wafiyy on Unsplash £1.4bn in trade effluent revenue A joint investigation between Watershed Investigations and River Action, first reported in the Guardian, has produced the first national picture of the trade effluent consent system in England and Wales, compiling a database of […]