Residents who live close to the East Calder Waste Water Treatment Works have complained that the River Almond suffering sewage overflow during periods of heavy downpours.
West Lothian residents have complained the River Almond has had sewage spewed into it during recent heavy rainfall.
He said: “I suspect that the grate has been cleaned but the branch two meters down doesn’t lie about what’s been going into the river.” A Scottish Water spokesperson said: “There has been exceptional rainfall in the Edinburgh and the Lothians area over the past few days. This has led to very high flows into the East Calder Wastewater Treatment Works where the site has continued to operate as designed with no reported issues.
“All CSO discharges into water courses must comply with quality standards set in these licences. The levels of untreated sewage in storm water that is discharged is very dilute so is unlikely to cause harm to the environment. A spokesperson for SEPA said: “Waste Water Treatment Works are designed to treat effluent arriving from the local catchment. When flows increase because of heavy rainfall in the area the works continue to treat the effluent, with flows greater than the design capacity being screened and overflowing.
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