Sadiq Khan calls out ‘scandal’ with five-fold increase in sewage dumped in Thames
The amount of sewage that was left to flow into the Thames in 2023 was almost five times more than the previous year, it has been revealed.
Between April and December 2023, Thames Water released sewage into London's waterways for 6,590 hours, 11 minutes and 54 seconds.
In just six days, between 25 December and 31 December 2023, sewage was dumped across the Thames Water network
