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

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Truly a Brexit benefit™️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Sorry I'm dense m8, aren't there only 8,760h in a year? Is this a new metric SpillHour unit?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Ah cheers. Simple maths!