Nearly 4m hours of raw sewage dumped in England's waters last year

Duration of spills by water companies up on previous year, in data described by environment secretary as 'disgraceful'Almost 4m hours of raw sewage was discharged into rivers and coastal waters in England 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 has changed, Giles Bristow from Surfers against Sewage told the Guardian. Continue reading...