Wastewater plants have been told by the government they may dispose of sewage not fully treated due to a shortage of chemicals caused by the lorry driver crisis.
Some of the chemicals used in the sewage treatment process have become one of the latest products left in short supply by the driver shortage, caused by a combination of Brexit and the Covid pandemic.
Plants were told they may dispose of effluent not fully treated because of disruption caused by 'supply chain failure' in a regulatory position statement issued on Tuesday.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9966911/Supply-chain-chaos-causes-stink-Government-eases-rules-dumping-waste-rivers.html