Water firms said it was 'not cost beneficial' to upgrade 280 spilling overflowsBritain's greatest beauty spots and most stunning waterways are being continually polluted by water companies who say it is 'not cost beneficial' to upgrade the network to prevent leakage in half of all cases, MailOnline can reveal.
Data analysis by MailOnline shows water firms decided there was 'no cost beneficial solution' to prevent 280 discharge sites in England that, due to lack of capacity, pumped untreated sewage into rivers and seas for hundreds of hours last year. Read More Windermere to wasteland: 'Millions of litres of raw sewage were illegally pumped' into Lake District beauty spot after a fault - which took '13 hours' to report to officials Another 50 storm overflows had a 'potential spill reduction scheme' identified, but this does not necessarily mean that this will happen, as at least 90 which had possible solutions identified in 2022 were deemed not cost beneficial the next year.
'There can be no question that British Public are clearly bewildered as to how our rivers could ever have been allowed to become systemically so full of human excrement. A spokesperson for Water UK, which represents British water companies, said that 'all water companies follow Environment Agency guidance' when performing cost-benefit analyses on how to address excessive storm overflows.
'With half term a couple of weeks away and hundreds of thousands of families soon to be heading to our beaches, rivers and lakes – we are desperately worried about the human health risks posed by highly dangerous pathogens in the water,' Mr Watson added. Just 28 storm overflows in England have been placed onto the government 'spill reduction scheme' and 272 have had 'other improvements' to address the overflows.
Total hours water companies in England leaked sewage into rivers, lakes and the sea in 2023 shown by the areas they cover Wessex Water did not make improvements to sewer network capacity due to cost at 39 sites which pumped untreated waste water for 12,823 hours last year. The firm has put 13 sites on a government spill reduction scheme.
Residents across Brixham, Boohay, Kingswear, Roseland and north-east Paignton are all being told to boil water as a precaution, including when drinking it or using it to cook with and brush teeth.
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