LAST week Berkshire MPs voted on an amendment to a bill that would have placed a legal duty on water companies to reduce raw sewage discharges into rivers.

Four of Berkshire's Tory MPs voted against the plan, whereas Labour MP Matt Rodda and MP Tan Dhesi voted against the plans.

But how bad is the issue of sewage leaking into our rivers?

Data collected by the Rivers Trust reveals that it may be worse than you first thought.

The trust has created a map that shows where the sewerage network discharges treated effluent and overflows of untreated effluent and stormwater into rivers in England & Wales.

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It explains that the public should avoid entering the water immediately downstream of these discharges and avoid the overflows (brown circles), especially after it has been raining.

Slough Observer:

These are some of the spots that sewage leaked from in and around Berkshire:

Ryehurst Lane sewage treatment works: In 2020 this sewer storm overflow spilled 94 times for a total of 1482 hours.

Coppice Green sewage treatment works: In 2020 this sewer storm overflow spilled 4 times for a total of 22 hours.

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Wood Lane sewage treatment works: In 2020 this sewer storm overflow spilled 54 times for a total of 188 hours.

Pangbourne sewage treatment works: In 2020 this sewer storm overflow spilled 101 times for a total of 378 hours.

Burghfield sewage treatment works: In 2020 this sewer storm overflow spilled 143 times for a total of 3227 hours.

Ham Lane sewage treatment works: In 2020 this sewer storm overflow spilled 114 times for a total of 1741 hours.

Marsh Lane Bridge: In 2020 this sewer storm overflow spilled 5 times for a total of 4 hours.

Slough sewage treatment works: In 2020 this sewer storm overflow spilled 4 times for a total of 23 hours.

For more information on other sewage leaks see here.