Sewage, shortages and spills: how UK water companies have failed
Is this a moment of reckoning for the UK’s water industry?
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India Bourke
India Bourke is the New Statesman and Spotlight's environment correspondent. She writes on issues such as nature restoration, climate justice and water pollution, and interviews leading green thinkers and writers. You can find her writing in the Spotlight and Environment sections.
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