On 31 March 2022 The Guardian reported:
“Water companies discharged raw sewage into English rivers 372,533 times last year, a slight reduction on the previous year.
The water companies covering England released untreated sewage for a combined total of more than 2.7m hours; compared with 3.1m hours in 2020, according to data released by the Environment Agency (EA) on Thursday.”
Read the full article by Sandra Laville on The Guardian website.