Sewage releases in England totalled 1.8 million hours in 2022
Water companies released raw sewage into rivers and seas in England for more than 1.75 million hours last year.attributed the fall to dry weather, not water company action.
The latest data, revealed by the Environment Agency on Friday, was taken from monitoring stations installed at combined sewer overflows or CSOs. According to the data, the company that released sewage most often in 2022 was United Utilities, which covers the North West of England. It spilled sewage nearly half a million times.
The government has vowed to crack down on sewage spills by requiring water firms to invest £56bn over 25 years on improving their infrastructure, and to fit all storm overflows in the network with event duration monitoring monitors by the end of this year. Ilkley Clean River campaigner Di Loury told BBC News that when members of the public visit Ilkley, "because it's designated as bathing water, they think the water is clean".
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