Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies

October 9, 2026 · 5:00 am 1 sources

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• Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies
  The Guardian · October 9, 2026 05:00
  Exclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants Water companies in the UK made more than £340m in revenue last year by pouring billions of litres of industrial and commercial…