The Crown actor James Murray accuses Southern Water of 'lying through its teeth' over the reasons behind it pouring raw sewage into the River Test in Hampshire.
The Crown actor James Murray has accused a water company of 'lying through its teeth' for blaming heavy rain for sewage pollution in a heavily protected river. The environmental campaigner and fly-fishing enthusiast, who portrayed Prince Andrew in the hit drama, said Southern Water should have invested in its infrastructure long ago to prevent its sewers being overwhelmed by extreme weather.
Phil Parker, a river keeper who maintains a stretch of the Test, demonstrated the impact by doing a 'kick sample'. He stirred up the riverbed with his feet to collect invertebrates living in the silt. In a sample from a clean section of the river, there was a huge abundance and variety of life. But in the area affected by sewage, there was comparatively little. He said: 'The samples are a clear indicator that the sewage is killing our invertebrates.
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