Six English water companies face legal action over allegations they under-reported pollution discharges and overcharged customers as a result.

Professor Carolyn Roberts, an environmental and water consultant, has planned to bring a string of cases to the Competition Appeal Tribunal in a bid to secure more than £800m in compensation on behalf of 20 million customers.

She has claimed the companies failed to disclose the number of sewage discharges, resulting in households being “unfairly overcharged”.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/water-firms-facing-legal-action-over-claims-of-pollution-and-customer-overcharging-12936071

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