Politico speak - what the h**l is this spokeswoman trying to say?

Question

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20080803/tuk-warning-over-sewage-pipes-45dbed5.html

A spokeswoman said: "We have identified around 3,500 of these temporary consents but we operate on a risk basis and because most of these have not been identified as unsatisfactory and are low risk to water quality they are not a priority of ours.

"We appreciate that sometimes they can be a problem so obviously we are working to tackle that."

So they're not a priority then (or are they)?

It would be interesting to know who has defined them as 'low risk' (surely it couldn't be the Environment Agency could it?).

Answer 1

translation

"We have thousands of faulty sewers and are determining how screwed you the people are.

I am going to use some big words now so as to confuse everyone into thinking we are busy and smart. We are hoping to wait the problem out so please stop calling while those of us in power decide if fixing the problem is easier than saving our own a$$'s.

We'd also like those of you in bad areas to stop getting sick or dieing, as in that would be expensive and may encourage others to stop believing us."

Answer 2

It's secret government code for 'we messed up and we caught found out, now we're trying to find some other mug to blame.'