27 February 2026

Dirty Business Channel 4 - Example Letter to MP

Wanted to express my disgust and anger at <your local water company> for dumping raw sewage into our rivers. The Channel 4 series Dirty Business was shocking how bad it is. I hope you get a chance to watch it. And looking at https://www.sewagemap.co.uk/ it's disgusting.

<add your personal experience with rivers and seas>

These companies need to be held to account and I support WASP (Windrush Against Sewage Pollution). https://www.windrushwasp.org/

The UK has the most privatised water anywhere in the world. It needs to be nationalised and put the £145 billions in profits back into fixing our treatment works.

It is incredibly relevant and important that <your local water company> is both made to pay for operating like a seriously organised crime unit committing thousands of offences in dumping untreated water - which is never legal despite heavy rain. And they must stop polluting our rivers as a priority. And we need to nationalise all the water companies. And ensure that the Environment Agency actually are funded correctly with powers and regulations that actually are actively used to fix things, not stand by and let these rich companies turn the UK into a cesspit.

People have died from E-coli and other infections caused by swimming in rivers and seas containing raw sewage. This is unacceptable and blood is on the hands of Thames Water, the Environment Agency, David Cameron and Liz Truss for cutting regulations.