Delighted @WATERSHED_i is now a member of the Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn As newsrooms cut investigative teams & pressures on journalists grow, nonprofits are helping fill the gap. Looking forward to collaborating with this brilliant network gijn.org
And here's the full Isle of Sh*te picture. Total sewage spills last year. Check out the interactive map here:
watershedinvestigations.com/find-out-wha...
Here are your top 10 dumpers for 2025
🥇 Salcombe Regis (SWW) 5,446 hours
🥈 Unpermitted site, Devon (SWW) 4,967h
🥉 Tatworth (SWW) 4,141h
Brayford (SWW) 3,763h
Lavant (Southern) 3,583h
Chacewater (SWW) 3,542h
Markyate (Thames) 3,531h
Staveley (UU) 3,395
Altarnun (SWW) 3,295
Church Stretton (ST) 3,257
Huzzah! Tomorrow's Sewage Spill Day when the full stats are released on how much was discharged into rivers, lakes and coasts last year. To whet your appetites I’ve mapped the 2025 spills at outfalls affecting bathing waters.
Here are the top 10 worst offenders in reverse order:
I nearly fell off my chair when I found out that Gibraltar HAS NEVER HAD A SEWAGE PLANT and therefore ALL ITS RAW, UNTREATED SEWAGE (from a mere 40,000 people and their businesses) is dumped straight into the MEDITERRANEAN Sea. Great work, guys.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Wastewater from nearly 40,000 people and businesses pumped straight into sea as territory still has no treatment plant
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And here's the full Isle of Sh*te picture. Total sewage spills last year. Check out the interactive map here:
watershedinvestigations.com/find-out-wha...
