Water bosses in sewage stinker

Fury at hundreds of dumping breaches in three years

- BY DAN VEVERS

SCOTTISH Water has breached its licences at sewage sites more than 250 times in three years.

Probes by eco watchdog SEPA since 2022 found over a third of its sewage assets failed to comply with regulations.

It follows mounting concern at human waste dumped in waterways via “overflow” pipes in the sewer network.

These are only meant to be used in extreme rainfall - but shockingly, sewage spilled into the environment over 24,000 times in Scotland last year. Private firms in England have seen fines but Scotland's publiclyowned water firm hasn't faced similar sanctions.