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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Rachael Burford

London's great stink: Sewage flowed into capital's rivers for almost 10,000 hours last year

Sewage flowed into London’s rivers for almost 10,000 hours last year, the Evening Standard can reveal.

Startling figures show that waste was dumped into the capital’s waterways for more than 9,773 hours — up significantly from the nearly 7,000 hours reported in 2022.

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