Faulty sewage spill monitors spark accusations of 'environmental cover up' by water firms

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The number of devices not working properly has fuelled concerns the scale of the sewage scandal is far bigger than previously thought, further ramping up pressure on the utility companies and government.

Water firms have been accused of an 'environmental cover up' as fresh figures revealed one in seven sewage monitors - meant to record spills - were faulty. This rose to a third of devices for embattled Thames Water, which is facing the risk of emergency nationalisation as it wrestles with a deepening funding crisis.

5% of their monitors as faulty. Some devices have been broken for two years. Read more:'It stinks': Sewage seeps into people's gardensAnalysis: Why nationalising Thames Water won't work Liberal Democrat environment spokesperson Tim Farron said: 'Water companies could be complicit in an environmental cover up.

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