SEWAGE SPILLS HIT NEW RECORD HIGH

Filth pours into waterways 59 times A DAY

- DAN VEVERS

SEWAGE spills hit a record high last year with a "disgusting" 21,660 sewage dumps into Scotland's waterways - or 59 per day statistics reveal.

Filthy wastewater spewed into Scottish rivers and seas for a staggering 221,002 hours in 2023, Scottish Water data shows an average of more than 600 hours a day.

Incidents were up 10 percent on 2022's figure of 19,676. Scottish Water also admitted yesterday there were more than 5600 extra sewage dumps in 2022 on top of the 14,000 previously reported.