An aspiring MP has stated that Northumbrian Water (NWL) needs to be "completely reformed" in response to complaints about the discharge of raw sewage into rivers.
Businesses across England issued regrettable statements last month for moving too slowly to stop leaks and discharges.
The apology was "too little, too late," according to Mark Ridyard, a Newcastle East Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate.
Although it claimed to have the "lowest level of pollution" in the nation, NWL added that it was "striving to do better.".
The campaign group Surfers Against Sewage recently released data showing that there were 963 hours of discharges into bathing waters across the Northumbrian Water area in 2022, adding to the anger over the contamination of rivers and seas by untreated sewage.
It is a widespread issue. For 1.75 million hours in 2022, or 825 times per day on average, raw sewage was dumped into England's rivers and seas.
According to Mr. Ridyard, "large-scale environmental damage" has persisted for years.
"Environmental protection should be more important than enriching foreign investors and lavishly rewarding directors' failure," he declared.
"Unless the firm is totally and fundamentally transformed, this apology means nothing. " .
According to financial records for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, the company paid its Hong Kong-based owner, CK Infrastructure Holdings, an interim dividend of £58 point 2 million and a final dividend of £55 point 4 million.
Water companies in England issued a warning in May that fees would probably need to go up to cover a $1.17 billion plan to address sewage spills.
The leader of the Northumberland Labour group, Scott Dickinson, referred to it as "outrageous" last week that households should be required to pay for modernization work while millions of pounds were distributed to shareholders.
According to NWL, it has the "lowest level of pollutions" in the nation and the best performance score attainable from the Environmental Agency.
According to a spokesperson, "but we know we need to do more and we are investing more than £80m towards reducing our use of storm overflows and upgrading our wastewater network.".
"To stop storm overflow spills and enhance the environment, from 2025 to 2030, we will invest an additional £1.17 billion in a significant environmental program.
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