More than 37,000 sewage spills hit the South West last year, figures show.
Authorities are only required to provide water quality information at bathing sites between May and SeptemberThe Environment Agency figures showed that the number of incidents in 2022 was lower than the approximately 42,500 reported in 2021.Campaigners said the figures were "disgusting" and showed SWW was failing to sufficiently cut down spill rates.Sewage spills in England totalled 1.
Environment Minister Rebecca Pow said water companies would, by the end of the year, be required to provide "year-round" water quality information in the event of a discharge. John Halsall, SWW's chief operating officer, said they were reducing the use of storm overflows and had already installed "100% monitoring" of them, ahead of the government target.
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