The Guardian | Sewage released into England’s rivers and seas nearly 300,000 times last year by Sandra Laville

Campaigners criticise frequent use of storm overflows when parts of the country were in drought for months

Raw sewage was discharged into rivers and seas almost 300,000 times last year after the driest spring for more than 100 years and the sunniest and warmest year on record in England.

Water companies released raw sewage into rivers and seas from storm overflows – designed to be used in extreme wet weather conditions – 291,492 times. This was a 35% reduction on record spills in 2024. Average discharges were 20.5 spills for each overflow, compared with 31.8 in the previous year.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/26/sewage-released-into-englands-rivers-and-seas-nearly-300000-times-last-year

#pollution #rivers #watercompanies #stormoverflows #rawsewage

Death of #Heather #Preen: how 8 y/o lost her life amid #sewage crisis

When Julie Maughan was invited to help with #TV factual #drama focusing on #illegal dumping of #RawSewage by #water companies, she had to think hard.

In 1999, Maughan’s 8 y/o daughter, Heather Preen, had contracted the pathogen E coli O157 on a #Devon #beach and died within a fortnight.

Maughan’s marriage hadn’t survived the grief. She separated from Heather’s father, Mark Preen who later took his own life ...

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Supreme Court Takes a BIG SH*T on You...Literally!

#StatusCoupNews reporting with #FoodAndWaterWatch discussing the #SCOTUS decision to allow #RawSewage in our #DrinkingWater.

#WaterIsLife
#WaterContamination
#uspol

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FJ7PfchdcJA&si=VfuPEgNtQtZgi0Ia

"The US supreme court has weakened rules on the discharge of raw sewage into water supplies in a 5-4 ruling that undermines the 1972 Clean Water Act...

"In a 5-4 ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito, the court blocked the EPA from issuing permits that make a permittee responsible for surface water quality, or 'end result' permits – a new term coined by the court.

"The case drew the attention of powerful business groups including the National Mining Association and US Chamber of Commerce...

"'The city is wrong,' according to Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who wrote the dissenting opinion, which was joined by the three Democratic justices, Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson..."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/epa-ruling-sewage-water
PDF of SCOTUS opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-753_f2bh.pdf

#gop #RawSewage #WaterSupply #SCOTUS

Strum those harp strings again!

Another #flashback!

It was around grade 4 in primary school & my class was sent on a #fieldtrip.

Our destination? #LuggagePoint in #Brisbane.

Why? To be introduced to the smell of #rawsewage!

How did we get there? On dinky little #ferries along the #BrisbaneRiver.

There’s nothing like bobbing up & down for an eternity, thinking you’re going to sink & drown at any moment & then be assaulted by the stench of raw sewage.

I saw lots of #vomiting that day!