Wessex Water TV ad banned for omitting firm's record on sewage spills

Cecilia Keating
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Advert highlighting plans to tackle sewage spills failed to adequately explain Wessex Water's own record on sewage pollution, ASA rules

Wessex Water has been rapped over a TV ad that promoted its plans to upgrade sewage infrastructure, on the grounds it failed to highlight the company's role in releasing sewage into the environment...

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