There was an 80% increase in the number of sewage spillages into rivers, lakes, and on beaches from 2022 to 2023.
Sewage was dumped into rivers, lakes and on beaches designated 'safe to bathe in' 86 times a day on average in 2023, analysis of official data has suggested. There were 31,373 sewage spills over the course of the year, lasting a total of 228,098 hours, according to the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs 's 'event monitoring - storm overflows' figures. This was an 80% increase from 2022, when there were spills lasting 125,808 hours.
Since the work we did around the Boat Race, we are getting dozens of messages, mainly from parents about how kids have got really, really ill, with serious diarrhoea and vomiting.' Sewage ends up in bathing water when the system overflows due to rain and stormwater. England's sewage system is made up of pipes that carry rainwater and wastewater from people's toilets, bathrooms and kitchens all in the same pipes.
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