Cornwall Council says discharges need urgent addressing as some pollution is 'beyond legal limits'.
South West Water is to be told by Cornwall Council to urgently address the impact of waste water discharges.
It also called for such work to be funded through the curbing of bonuses and dividends rather than passing costs on to consumers., approved at a Cornwall Council meeting on Tuesday, the authority said "every river in Cornwall and across England is now polluted beyond legal limits and that chemical pollution is mostly caused by sewage discharges from water companies and run-offs from farms through poor nutrient and livestock management".
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