Worth noting that this dumping is usually done during periods of high rainfall, to avoid sewage backing up through toilets into households. It’s not villains pu

Worth noting that this dumping is usually done during periods of high rainfall, to avoid sewage backing up through toilets into households. It’s not villains pulling a lever because they’re evil. The fundamental problem is a lack of investment in increasing the capacity of sewer infrastructure, much of which is Victorian-era. This is a good paper on the causes and possible resolutions: https://www.ice.org.uk/media/ecuhx2dc/cso-insights-paper-july-2023-final-11.pdf https://www.ice.org.uk/media/ecuhx2dc/cso-insights-paper-jul... (£56bn of investment has been committed, but 10x that would be needed to entirely eliminate CSOs).