Water companies in England discharged raw sewage into rivers on more than 200,000 occasions last year, according to data obtained by the Guardian. After extreme rainfall, the treatment works cannot cope with the volume of water and untreated sewage. Guardian data reveals 6,508 inland CSOs released untreated sewage into rivers 204,134 times in 2019. Yorkshire Water discharged untreated sewage from the 730 inland CSOs, which are monitored 22,906 times over 616,643 hours. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Southern Water spewed raw sewage into rivers for almost 20,000 hours in 2019 Photograph: Darren Cool/Darren Cool/Southern WaterGuardian data shows Southern Water released raw sewage into rivers last year 19,977 hours in 3,219 incidents.

Source: The Guardian July 01, 2020 14:01 UTC