The waste water poured into the rivers and seas of England for 3.6 m last year
Raw Disarisca was released in the rivers and seas of England for 3.61 million higher hours last year while the work calls the new “shameful” figures.
The data issued by the Environment Agency show that, while the number of sewage of sewage of water companies era Down slightly, Each escape lasted longer on average.
According to the figures, the site with the longest duration of the spills was located in the Coastal Salcombe regis village, at 8,772 hours and 30 minutes. Located in East Devon, the receiving water body is Salcombe regis’s stream, which feeds on the sea on the southern coast.
The total duration of the spills was 3.6 million hours, with a light 0.2 percent from 2023. These two years are the first in which every single site was recorded.
Although the escape is not necessarily illegal, it is designed only in exceptional circumstances when the sewage system is at risk of being overwhelmed due to factors such as excessive rainfall.
In August 2024, the Wat regulator issued a record of £ 168 million combined for Thames, Yorkshire and Northumbria water.
Body Water UK industry He has previously apologized for the amount of leakage in the country and is investing £ 104 billion in the next five years to fight the problem.
The secretary of the environment Steve Reed said: “These figures are shameful and are a clear reminder of how years of investment insufficiency have led to water companies that download unacceptable levels of sewage in our rivers, lakes and seas”.
The leader of the democratic liberal and Davey said: “This must be the final nail in the coffin for Ofwat, a regulator that has several times that it is completely inadequate to protect customers and our beautiful environment.
“The government should now act to implement a new regulator to protect the British rivers and seas from being pumped with disgusting sewage. It is time for Inwat to go.
“Liberaldemocrats have guided the campaign to protect our rivers and beaches and we will continue to fight for a much harder regulation than a water industry that is setting from pollution”.
Lena Swedlow, head of the “Our Water Our Way” campaign in Compass, who is working with the river groups to challenge the decision -making process in Crisis -hit Thames Water has said: “People are rightly indignant by the state of the dumping of waste water while our bills increase by an average of 40%. The root of this anger and the root of this problem are the same – get a place at the table. “
“Take the Thames Water. It has seen a stunning increase in raw wastewater, yet the company is trying to escape fines, while it is charged with even more debt and increases the bills for the 16 million people you need. We cannot continue like this: we need public property.”
“Giving people a real voice, from workers, payers, water experts, is how other countries operate. It is our water, it should be our way.”
