In the video published by the newspaper, "Daily mail" In Britain, a huge mass of dark brown sewage appears in the waters of the coast, slowly mixing with the blue of the sea.
And according to the British newspaper, at 5pm on Sunday, 8 Cornish beaches were invalid to swim and use due to sewage leaks.
Commented by a company spokesperson "Southwest water" On the incident, he said: "The southwest has seen drastic changes in weather patterns this year due to climate change, as demonstrated in August when the area was declared drought. In addition to long periods of extremely hot weather, we have experienced rainfall to rain Local torrential rain has failed to penetrate the mainland which means large quantities are flowing into our network".
The speaker added: "After a local downpour this morning (Sunday 30 October), a flood occurred in the Cornish drainage system. In these cases, large excess quantities are released into rivers and seas to avoid collapse of the sewer system and flooding of homes.".
The speaker concluded by saying: "We will continue to increase investment In the infrastructure of the area as part of our ongoing commitment to the protection and improvement of the natural environment".
terrifying numbers
- In August, British water companies were revealed to have spent more than nine million hours pumping raw sewage into the seas. and rivers British newspaper from 2016, according to the newspaper "Daily mail".
- The data showed that raw wastewater has been released into the UK’s seas and rivers for at least 9,427,355 hours since 2016.
- There is a 2.553 percent increase in the number of discharge hours observed between 2016 and 2021.
- In 2016 the agency registered The environment The wastewater was discharged for only 100,533 hours and by 2021 this number had risen to 2,667,452.
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Although Cornwall is famous enchanting landscapes And the characteristic beach suitable for sports to surfA video clip showed pollution in the area after the Southwest Water company allowed the water to drain Sewage raw in the ocean.
In the video, published by the British newspaper “Daily Mail”, a huge mass of dark brown sewage appears in the waters of the coast, slowly mixing with the blue of the sea.
And according to the British newspaper, at 5pm on Sunday, 8 Cornish beaches were invalid to swim and use due to sewage leaks.
A spokesperson for Southwest Water commented, “The Southwest has seen drastic changes in weather patterns this year due to climate change, as demonstrated in August when the area was declared drought. In addition to extremely long periods of weather. hot, we saw rain to rain Local streams have not been able to permeate the mainland, which means that large quantities are flowing into our network ”.
The spokesperson added: “After a local downpour this morning (Sunday 30 October), a flood occurred in the Cornish drainage system. In these cases, large amounts of excess are released into rivers and seas to prevent collapse. of the drainage system and the flooding of houses. “
The spokesperson concluded: “We will continue to increase investment in the infrastructure of the area as part of our ongoing commitment to the protection and improvement of the natural environment “.
terrifying numbers
- In August, British water companies were revealed to have spent more than nine million hours pumping raw sewage into the seas. and rivers Britain since 2016, according to the “Daily Mail” newspaper.
- The data showed that raw wastewater has been released into the UK’s seas and rivers for at least 9,427,355 hours since 2016.
- There is a 2.553 percent increase in the number of discharge hours observed between 2016 and 2021.
- In 2016 the agency registered The environment The wastewater was discharged for only 100,533 hours and by 2021 this number had risen to 2,667,452.
