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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sandra Laville

‘Streams as toilets’: Thames Water’s real-time map shows scale of sewage dumps

An aerial view of the Oxfordshire village of Standlake. A storm overflow at Standlake discharged 122 hours of raw sewage into the River Windrush on New Year’s Eve.
An aerial view of the Oxfordshire village of Standlake. A storm overflow at Standlake discharged 122 hours of raw sewage into the River Windrush on New Year’s Eve. Photograph: Commission Air/Alamy

The scale of raw sewage discharges into rivers by England’s biggest privatised water firm is revealed in a new interactive map showing real-time discharges.

After growing pressure from campaigners and the public, Thames Water has created an interactive map showing sewage dumping via storm overflows in real time.

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