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New legal duty promised over sewage as Lords forces issue

But according to the public body’s own figures, water companies discharged raw sewage into rivers in England more than 400,000 times last year, with untreated effluent – including human waste, wet wipes and condoms – released into waterways for more than three million hours in 2020. www.bbc.co.uk


But according to the public body’s own figures, water companies discharged raw sewage into rivers in England more than 400,000 times last year, with untreated effluent – including human waste, wet wipes and condoms – released into waterways for more than three million hours in 2020.



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