New report points out that less than 12 per cent of the sewage network in England and Wales is Victorian
“The disparity of infrastructure investment before and since privatisation must surely bear the brunt of blame for leaving us with sewers where only 6.5 per cent were constructed in the 21st Century,” he added.
The report cites a number of examples of this, including, in April by Thérèse Coffey, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, saying: “Sewage overflows stem from our principally Victorian infrastructure.” “This is the focus of our plan, and is different to the more modern ‘separated’ sewer network, which was built in recent decades and does not spill sewage into rivers from overflows.
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