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Reporter Joe Crowley investigates how Severn Trent hits environmental targets while dumping large quantities of sewage and asks whether there is more to the company's finances than meets the eye.
- Programme: Panorama
- Episode: The Water Company’s Murky Business
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2024
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