‘Streams as toilets’: Thames Water’s real-time map shows scale of sewage dumps

Data reveals hundreds of hours of discharges via storm overflows in some locations

The scale of raw sewage discharges into rivers by England's biggest privatised water firm is revealed in a new interactive map showing real-time discharges.

After growing pressure from campaigners and the public, Thames Water has created an interactive map showing sewage dumping via storm overflows in real time.