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Water Company False Narratives (3): The Victorian Narrative

The Victorian system isn’t the problem.
Neglect is.

Water companies blame Victorian infrastructure for sewage pollution.

This clip explains why that claim is false and how decades of underinvestment, not history, created the crisis.

From the People Vs Sewage podcast with Ashley Smith and Paul Powlesland.

Watch the full episode:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZywLA_dFOA&t=4111s

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3QU67z9vsP2XwuWqKpRdzh

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ug/podcast/people-vs-sewage/id1858014703

If this resonates, please share. These narratives only survive if they go unchallenged.

Episode 1 of People Vs Sewage is now live.

This first episode, The Sewage State, looks at what’s really happening inside England’s water system — from biobead spills and winter overflows to treatment plants under pressure and the wider governance issues behind it all.

I’m joined by two of the most credible voices in the movement:

Paul Powlesland – environmental barrister, founder of Lawyers for Nature

Ash Smith – founder of Windrush Against Sewage Pollution (WASP), former Detective Superintendent

Together we break down what the public isn’t being shown, why the crisis is escalating and what the long-term implications are for rivers, coasts and communities.

Watch/Listen here:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3QU67z9vsP2XwuWqKpRdzh

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZywLA_dFOA

Podbean (RSS): https://peoplevssewage.podbean.com/e/episode-1-the-sewage-state-who-controls-our-water/