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# Lichfield MP welcomes environmental rating for water company
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-mp-welcomes-environmental-rating-for-water-company/
- Published: 2023-07-14T06:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-13T12:02:19.000Z
- Description: Lichfield’s MP has welcomed the news that a water company has achieved an industry-leading rating for its environmental performance.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Business, Environment, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:01, News

Lichfield’s MP has welcomed the news that a water company has achieved an industry-leading rating for its environmental performance.

Severn Trent Water has been awarded four stars – something the Environment Agency says is “good news”.

Conservative MP Michael Fabricant said:

> “While South Staffs Water supply our drinking water, it is Severn Trent who dispose of our sewage.   
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> “It has retained consistent performance since 2021 – and this year, it is the only company in England out of the nine water and sewerage companies included in the Environmental Performance Assessment to achieve this rating.”  
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> Michael Fabricant

The Environment Agency said that despite the rating there was “no room for complacency”.

> “Improvements are still required and we continue with our regulatory responsibility to hold Severn Trent Water to account.  
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> “This involves working closely with the company to make sure it continues to meet the requirements of the Environmental Performance Assessment and continuously improves its performance.”  
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> Environment Agency

[The agency’s report](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/water-and-sewerage-companies-in-england-environmental-performance-report-2022?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk) found that the number of serious pollution incidents across the country has reduced from 62 in 2021 to 44 in 2022 – but said the figure remains “unacceptably high”.

Mr Fabricant said:

> “The results for the nine English water and sewerage companies for 2022 are disappointing with minimal improvement in star ratings compared to 2021.The sector only achieved 23 stars out of a maximum of 36.  
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> “Until recently, there was no regular pollution monitoring and prior to 2010 there was hardly any way of holding sewerage companies to account.  
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> “While some are doing better and some metrics are improving, performance is still not where it should be.  
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> “The Government will impose heavy fines – as it did recently with Thames Water – and potential prison sentences on directors of those water companies which continue to pollute.”   
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> Michael Fabricant