'Unacceptable': Environment Agency confirms 54 per cent increase in sewage spills last year

BusinessGreen staff
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'Unacceptable': Environment Agency confirms 54 per cent increase in sewage spills last year

More than four million hours of raw sewage thought to have been discharged into rivers and seas last year

The UK set a grim record last year, with fresh data suggesting the frequency and duration of sewage spills reached a new high. The Environment Agency today published its Event Duration Monitoring (EDM)...

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