UK Government Promises Legal Duty to Reduce Sewage Dumps

UK Government Promises Legal Duty to Reduce Sewage Dumps
The Northern Outfall Sewer at Wick Lane depot in London on May 25, 2016. Jack Taylor/Getty Images
Lily Zhou
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The UK government agreed to compromise on Tuesday as the House of Lords pushed through an amendment on sewage discharge for the second time.

It promised to propose a “very similar” amendment when the Environment Bill returns to the House of Commons.