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Breaking news: George Eustace says government will write into law a requirement for water companies to gradually reduce use of storm overflows. No further details at moment.

I understand that, thanks, but I believe the rest of the bill pretty much does this anyway. The government are now legally obliged to come up with a funded plan for reducing storm overflows by next September and will also report on what it will take to remove the problem entirely.

The bill is starting to address it. There is a legal requirement on government in this bill to produce a plan by Sept next year to reduce storm overflows and a separate report on what would be involved in eliminating them entirely.

Indeed. Hence the bill

My understanding of this issue is that sewage is already pumped into rivers/the sea due to storm overflows. This country's ancient sewage system has storm water going into the sewers so when it rains a lot the sewage treatment works cannot cope and the excess overflows. This bill introduces...