Four directors were paid £200,000 despite a number of sewage discharges into rivers.
"Bonuses are only paid if we hit those targets. The level of the bonus is decided by an independent remuneration committee.
In 2022, Wessex Water got red flags for missing targets over increasing the stretches of clean rivers and beaches.Image caption,Speaking next to the Taunton Priory storm sewerage outflow, which discharged diluted sewerage for a total of 295 hours in 2022, the water campaigner said: "This is while the rivers are too polluted to safely swim in and while we have a phosphate problem on the levels.
A few miles upstream, the owner of Warleigh Weir, Johnny Palmer, said bathers were really concerned about the water quality.The entrepreneur said: "I have heard stories about people getting seriously ill from the river after swimming at the weekend. "They are finding that sometimes it's fine but other times it's really really bad, in particular after heavy rainfall when the sewerage plants get overwhelmed and the sewerage flows directly into the river," he added.It's not just human health that is being affected, but the wildlife in our rivers. Phosphates are not harmful to humans but they kill fauna and flora.
"The water companies add phosphate to the water to protect the cast iron pipes from rusting and to protect us from being poisoned by lead pipes."Removing phosphate from tap water would help but you also need to remove the phosphate from urine which means you have to have a phosphate removal system from the sewerage works."
The Catchment Area of the Somerset Moors and Levels was one of these areas and the offending pollutant was excessive phosphate nutrient.Liberal Democrat executive member at Somerset Council, Mike Rigby, said: "In this part of Somerset we have a real problem with phosphates in the rivers.
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