Bosses of U.K. water and wastewater utilities that are responsible for illegal, serious pollution should be jailed, said Emma Howard Boyd, head of the government's Environment Agency. She made the recommendation along with release of the agency’s annual report on the nine major companies, which recorded the worst environmental performance in a decade.
"It’s appalling that water companies’ performance on pollution has hit a new low," said Howard Boyd. While executives and investors have been "handsomely rewarded," company directors let this happen, she added.