iNews: Outrage as first major rainfall in months triggers sewage discharges in rivers across England and Wales
"Sewage has been flowing into Britain’s rivers and seas once again at nearly 200 sites following the first heavy rain in two months.
Campaigners expressed outrage. “A bit of rain comes and our rivers and seas are used as toilets,” Ashley Smith, of Windrush Against Sewage Pollution (Wasp) told i.
Live data provided by Thames Water showed 137 treatment works had discharged partially treated sewage into rivers in the 48 hours to Friday afternoon, with 94 still actively flowing at that time."
