In 2020 there were 160 breaches of Environment Agency permits to release sewage into rivers, UCL professor tells MPs
The scale of water companies illegally discharging sewage is 10 times greater than the Environment Agency (EA) estimates, MPs have been told.
Peter Hammond, professor of Computational Biology, University College London, said his work analysing sewage treatment works found in 2020 alone 160 breaches of permits granted by the watchdog to allow sewage discharges.
