Minister vows to end UK water firms’ pollution self-monitoring

Environment secretary Steve Barclay tells firms he will toughen regulatory approach but gives no timescale

The environment secretary has told water companies in Englandthey will no longer be able to monitor and report on pollution from their own treatment works.

Steve Barclay told the privatised industry he would put an end to so-called operator self-monitoring, in a toughening of the regulatory approach.