Not only that, but we've been voting in the cockwombles that allow the rules to be bent for these companies to do it:

https://evolvepolitics.com/heres-a-list-of-every-mp-who-just-voted-to-allow-water-companies-to-continue-dumping-raw-sewage-in-our-rivers/

Christ some of these choppers are overseeing constituencies that literally have marine-based industry as their primary employment!