Raw sewage was discharged into rivers and coastal waters in England for almost 4m hours last year, with waterways that have the highest environmental protections subjected to days of pollution.
Data released by the Environment Agency on Thursday revealed water companies discharged untreated effluent for 3.62m hours, a slight increase on last year.
The data showed that nothing had changed, Giles Bristow from Surfers against Sewage said. “The picture is just as bleak. Despite commitments to investment over the past five years, our water is no cleaner.”
8760 hours in a year
Maybe it’s multiple outlets at the same time?
I wasnt suggesting anything other than 4m hours, set against an 8000 hour year is a metric fuckton of failure on behalf of our privatised water companies and a whole lot of poop. Its one pipe leaking for 450 years
14,285 storm overflows in England, there are instances where multiple overflows share the same outfall.
Probably made the water cleaner
