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Sewage spilled into England's rivers and seas for record 3.6m hours last year (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by Bampot@lemmy.world to c/dangerdust@lemmy.world

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Water companies released raw sewage into England's rivers and seas for a record 3.61 million hours last year, a slight increase on 2023.

The data released by Environment Agency on Thursday showed that although the number of spills was down each spill lasted longer on average - resulting in a higher total number of hours.

Some spilling can be legal, but concern has been mounting amongst scientists about the harm that regular sewage spilling is causing the country's aquatic life.

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[–] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When they occur in more than one location simultaneously you aggregate the total.

[–] blackbeards_bounty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

Ah cheers. Simple maths!