Time government cleaned up its act on dumping of sewage – 200,000 tonnes dumped in Lough Neagh every year

Pollution of our waterways and seas a catastrophe in the making

Surfers Against Sewage highlight issues around sewage pollution in Cornwall

Rosalind Skillen

Some readers may have seen a tidal wave of public anger last week sparked by the state of waterways in the UK. They stink, literally.

In 2022 sewage was dumped in rivers and beaches across England an average of 824 times a day.