'What we're doing is we're asking shareholders to put a multibillion down payment to try and put this problem right. Nonetheless, she said: 'We want to go as fast as we possibly can to try and reduce the number of skills.'Īsked where the £10bn will come from, Ms Kelly said that although water company shareholders will foot the initial bill, there will be a rise in water bills over the coming years. 'We get it, we should have acted sooner,' she admitted, but also said they've only had the data showing the extent of sewage spills for a few years. She insisted the industry is 'determined' to put that right with the new investment announced today.

The chair of Water UK, Ruth Kelly, has told Sky News that water companies are 'sorry', saying she has been 'chastened' by hearing people's views on the industry, and says water bosses understand 'how upset and angry people are' about sewage spills. Earlier today, water companies announced they will be investing £10bn over the next seven years to modernise the UK's sewage system and stop sewage dumping in the nation's waterways.

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