It's a tough sell!!23 Aug 2022 09:19
Ok so we have an impotent water regulator, an antiquated and failing sewer system, a systematic failure by water companies to improve water treatment works and our rivers and seas becoming open sewers. A collective complacency and ignorance by the general population, (with some notable exceptions), until some sensationalist headlines about polio in wastewater and of course, during the holiday season, the beaches being closed. Amidst this, DVRG have the tech' to tell people that there are even more 'nasties' in the water. Is it any wonder that the powers that be are running scared. My oft used phrase is 'blissful ignorance' as applied to regulator and water companies (hard to differentiate between the two). For me, this makes our tech' a hard sell until there is a genuine desire to (a) identify the problem(s) and (b) be prepared to do something about it. Let's start by prosecuting water company CEO's for gross negligence and give them a bit of prison time , not just a fine paid out of petty cash. Only then will the water companies take things seriously.