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‘Don’t swim’ warning at popular Devon beach after sewage pipe leak. (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Don’t swim’ warning at popular Devon beach after sewage pipe leak

Severn Trent admits it should’ve ‘acted faster’ over sewage spills. (Photo: Emily Whitfield-Wicks/PA Wire)

Severn Trent admits it should’ve ‘acted faster’ over sewage spills

Public having to protest sewage dumping in UK waters is atrocious. (Photo: Getty Images)

We shouldn’t have to protest for clean seas - water firms, be ashamed Isabella Boneham

Sewage campaigners warned not to swim in sea due to ‘poor quality’. (Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)

Sewage campaigners warned not to swim in sea due to ‘poor quality’

Warning over nationwide anti-sewage protests after ‘pathetic’ apology. (Photo: Isabella Boneham)

Warning over nationwide anti-sewage protests after ‘pathetic’ apology

Public to pay ‘a lot’ of the cost to fund sewer upgrades through bills. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Public to pay ‘a lot’ of the cost to fund sewer upgrades through bills

Sewage is dumped thousands of times a year into British rivers and seas

'Sorry' isn't going to cut it - water firms must clean up their act Nick Mitchell

Sewage dumped for more than 113,000 hours in Scotland’s seas last year. (Photo: Getty Images)

Sewage dumped for more than 113,000 hours in Scotland’s seas last year

Water companies have become under increasing pressure to stop sewage discharges into rivers and seas. Image: NationalWorld

Explainer Sewage-pumping water companies that paid the most out to shareholders

Anglian Water customers could face a £91 annual bill hike for sewer upgrades. (Photo: Getty Images)

Anglian Water customers face £91 annual bill hike for sewer upgrades

‘Sorry’ not good enough say furious campaigners over sewage row. (Photo: PA)

‘Sorry’ not good enough say furious campaigners over sewage row

Water companies issue ‘sorry’ statement over sewage spills. (Photo: Getty Images)

Water companies issue ‘sorry’ statement over sewage spills

A Family's £900k home now "worthless" after being flooded with raw sewage twice

Family's £900k home now "worthless" after being flooded with sewage

UK river now ‘ecologically dead’ after sewage spills triple in a year. (Photo: NationalWorld/Getty Images/Adobe Stock)

UK river now ‘ecologically dead’ after sewage spills triple in a year

Lib Dems demand ban on ‘sewage bonuses’ to end pollution in UK rivers. (Photo: NationalWorld/Mark Hall/Getty Images/Adobe Stock)

Lib Dems demand ban on ‘sewage bonuses’ to end pollution in UK rivers

Water firm bosses give up bonuses after anger over sewage spills. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock)

Water firm bosses give up bonuses after anger over sewage spills

The sewage scandal has caused outrage over recent years as new data continues to show the scale of how much raw waste is being pumped into the UK's seas and rivers. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock)

Fact check: who is to blame for the UK’s sewage scandal?

Live sewage maps expose UK rivers polluted hundreds of times a day. (Photo: Getty Images)

Live sewage maps expose UK rivers polluted hundreds of times a day

Water companies have been fined £10.5 million for sewage spills that killed more than 33,000 fish over seven years. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock)

Water firms fined ‘feeble’ £10m for sewage spills as bosses earn £30m

Charity makes surfboard from sewage as ‘middle finger to polluters’. (Photo: Surfers Against Sewage)

Charity makes surfboard from sewage as ‘middle finger to polluters’

‘Iconic’ Cotswold village on cover of UK passports swamped with sewage. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock/Oliver Blackwell Photography)

‘Iconic’ Cotswold village on cover of UK passports swamped with sewage

The Seine river is bordered by many of Paris's most iconic buildings (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Explainer Paris pours billion pounds into Seine river clean-up project

Anglian Water fined record £2.65m for dumping sewage into North Sea. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Anglian Water fined record £2.65m for dumping sewage into North Sea

New UK sewage dumping targets have been slammed by activists. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock)

‘It’s snail pace’: new UK sewage dumping targets slammed by activists

South West Water has been fined a record £2.1m for sewage pollution offences. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock)

South West Water fined record £2.1m for sewage pollution offences

UK’s most polluted beaches unveiled with public advised not to swim. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock)

UK’s most polluted beaches named - with public advised not to swim

MPs voted on the discharge of raw sewage into rivers and seas (Photo: Shutterstock)

How did my MP vote on the issue of dumping sewage in seas and rivers?

New legal targets to be introduced to curb sewage dumping in rivers

Plans for new woodland scrapped as field soaked with sewage. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock)

‘Scandal’: plans for new woodland scrapped over sewage-soaked field

Water firm slated over ‘continuous’ sewage spills in Gloucestershire. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock)

Water firm slated over ‘continuous’ sewage spills in Gloucestershire

Sewage spills into 42 beaches in Cornwall and Devon after storms. (Photo:  NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock)

Sewage spills into 42 beaches in Cornwall and Devon after storms

Lib Dems have urged ministers to “get a grip” as sewage spills from storm overflows are up 63% compared to 2021.

Over 3,000 ‘monster’ sewage dumps in UK rivers and seas last year

Sewage dumped in shellfish waters without assessment, government admits.

Sewage dumped in shellfish waters without assessment, minister admits

Worst hit areas as sewage dumped 21,000 times into UK swimming waters

Labour slammed the government for having “no respect” for the public as damning figures show the extent of sewage dumps in coastal areas.

UK coastlines treated as ‘open sewers’ after one million sewage spills

Almost 142,000 sewage discharge incidents were recorded in England and Wales last year.

Exclusive Tory areas most polluted by coastal sewage spills in England and Wales

Sewage dumped into England’s Blue Flag beaches over 1,500 times

Sewage spills in UK rivers ‘will take 25 years’ to fix, Coffey warns.

Sewage spills in UK rivers ‘will take 25 years’ to fix, Coffey warns

Plastic wet wipes ban proposed in England to tackle water pollution

Water firms face unlimited fines for sewage spills under new plans

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey is facing calls to resign over the sewage scandal. Credit: Kim Mogg/Getty/Adobe Stock

Calls for Coffey to resign as sewage dumped over 800 times a day

Seven UK water firms paid bosses over £100k despite sewage spills

Raw sewage dumped into English rivers 800 times a day

Anglian Water investigated over ‘potential’ illegal sewage spills

Water chiefs blame sewage spills on ‘putting wrong stuff down sinks’

Water bills will increase to put an end to sewage spills, report warns

South West Water launches map pinpointing sewage spills at beaches

Dozens of Tories will ‘lose seats’ over sewage ‘crimes’, Lib Dems warn

UK’s best beach hit with ‘thoroughly unpleasant’ raw sewage leaks

Visitors slam ‘dirty’ UK beach full of rubbish and sewage as ‘abysmal’

Public warned to avoid 83 UK beaches after sewage leaks into waters

Coffey orders water companies to show plans to cut sewage spills

Water companies could dodge huge fines for discharging sewage

Water bills are set to go up for households across England and Wales (image: Adobe)

Water bills set for 7.5% hike from April amid cost of living crisis

Water firms to lose public funds if they fail to stop UK sewage spills

Thames Water launches real-time map of sewage discharges

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