We should all take pride in Scotland’s beautiful beaches, seas and rivers – many of which are pristine. That’s why the sewage dumping crisis affecting all parts of the UK – Scotland included – leaves so many people dismayed.
Now, we learn that raw human waste was pumped onto some of this country’s most-loved beaches more than 400 times last year. Beauty spots in places like Peterhead, St Andrews and Nairn – which have won awards for beach excellence – were left fouled up and polluted.
As the Daily Record reported last month, about 19,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools’ worth of filth was dumped in Scottish waterways in 2022 – an horrendous all-time high. In England, privatised water companies have faced months of toxic headlines as the scale of sewage pollution in rivers down south has been laid bare.
