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Recommendation 11
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Most river users cannot currently make informed decisions about when it is safe or not...
Recommendation
Most river users cannot currently make informed decisions about when it is safe or not to use rivers downstream of storm overflows and wastewater treatment works. We recommend as a matter of urgency that the Environment Agency work with water companies to ensure that easily accessible information on sewage discharges in waterways in as near to real time as possible is made available to the public, as now required under the Environment Act 2021. Signage should also be provided at commonly frequented bathing sites downstream from wastewater treatment works with information about how to access the data on recent discharges.
Paragraph Reference:
70
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 16 May 2022. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗