Record View calls the sewage dumping crisis a truly disgusting state of affairs that cannot go on
We should all take pride in Scotland’s beautiful beaches, seas and rivers – many of which are pristine. That’s why the sewage dumping crisis affecting all parts of the UK – Scotland included – leaves so many people dismayed.
As the Daily Record reported last month, about 19,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools’ worth of filth was dumped in Scottish waterways in 2022 – an horrendous all-time high. In England, privatised water companies have faced months of toxic headlines as the scale of sewage pollution in rivers down south has been laid bare.
Storm drains are only supposed to divert untreated waste into Scotland’s waters in cases of extreme, exceptional weather. Yet it happened a staggering 14,000 times last year – a rate of nearly 40 incidents a day. Challenged on these issues by Scottish Lib Dems’ chief Alex Cole-Hamilton yesterday, it was welcome to hear First Minister Humza Yousaf commit to intervening personally with Scottish Water bosses in order to sort this out. This is a truly disgusting state of affairs – and it cannot go on.
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