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Scottish Water dumps sewage on doorsteps of party leaders for 18,000 hours

inews.co.uk Scottish Water dumps sewage on doorsteps of party leaders for 18,000 hours

i is urging leaders to back its manifesto to address the river pollution crisis happening in their constituencies

Scottish Water dumps sewage on doorsteps of party leaders for 18,000 hours

Sewage was discharged for 18,674 hours – or 778 days – on Scottish political party leaders’ own doorsteps, i has found.

In total, there were 1,440 spills in rivers, lochs and coasts in the leaders’ constituency areas, according to new analysis of Scottish Water data.

i is urging political parties to get behind its manifesto to Save Britain’s Rivers, amid growing public anger over the amount of sewage dumped in the UK’s waterways.

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