Briefing paper, March 2026 (superseded)

superseded The paper as emailed on 23 March 2026 and offered for download on the first site. It contains claims we have retired. It has not been reissued.

Download the unaltered original (SHA-256 c5d4c53d6204ad8f31fc5b3c8dd16319d70127b913aaf0567e61b16efdb8d369).

What was wrong in it

• Welsh Water digests only a fraction of its sludge
• Why is Welsh Water not doing what Northumbrian does?
• The investment would be self-financing
• No subsidy is required
• Processing sludge makes the water clean
• Farm digesters stop river pollution at source
• A £40m fine, spread over five years
• Ofwat rates Northumbrian 32% more efficient
• Northumbrian creates 3,000 jobs a year
• Five Fords produces only 8% of energy demand
• A £46m annual energy bill

The rest of the changelog is at /changelog/.