i is urging leaders to back its manifesto to address the river pollution crisis happening in their constituencies

Sewage was discharged for 18,674 hours – or 778 days – on Scottish political party leaders’ own doorsteps, i has found.

In total, there were 1,440 spills in rivers, lochs and coasts in the leaders’ constituency areas, according to new analysis of Scottish Water data.

i is urging political parties to get behind its manifesto to Save Britain’s Rivers, amid growing public anger over the amount of sewage dumped in the UK’s waterways.

    • xfc@lemdro.idEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Unfortunately I don’t think it was done deliberately in protest, I think it’s just more incompetence and greed from the water services. I read the title that way as well but the article is talking about the amount of spillages theyve had into the rivers