From the Guardian
The head of the Environment Agency has called for the government to reinstate a £120m grant to help increase surveillance of water companies and cut pollution in rivers.
Sir James Bevan, the chief executive of the agency, told MPs that water companies and the farming industry, the two main polluters of rivers, were not doing enough to protect the environment.
Sir James was giving evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) inquiry into water quality in rivers. Read the latest on the inquiry here.
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