The number of suspected illegal discharges of raw sewage(未经处理的污水) into rivers and seas by water companies during dry weather increased significantly(显著增加) during the first five months of 2026.
2026年前五个月，水务公司在干旱天气下向河流和海洋非法排放未经处理污水的疑似次数显著增加。
Dumping raw sewage into waterways during dry spell(（特定天气的）一段时期)s via overflows amounts to(等同于，相当于) pollution. It is considered a breach(违反，破坏) of the permits given to water companies and is illegal. Discharging during dry weather increases the toxicity(毒性) of the sewage pollution entering waterways. Rivers have less flow and volume, and there is no rainwater to dilute(稀释) the sewage pollution entering the waterway.
在干旱期通过溢流口向水道排放未经处理的污水等同于污染，这被视为违反水务公司许可证的行为，属于非法。干旱天气排放会增加进入水道的污水污染物的毒性。河流流量和水量减少，且没有雨水稀释进入水道的污水污染物。
Last year, in what regulators said was tougher action on sewage pollution, water companies in England were for the first time required to report to the Environment Agency the number of times they discharged raw sewage from combined sewer overflows during dry weather.(去年，监管机构称将采取更严厉措施，英格兰水务公司首次被要求向环境署报告干旱期排放次数。) A dry day spill is flag(标记，标示)ged when an overflow operates despite little to no rainfall that day and the previous day.
去年，监管机构称要采取更严厉的行动应对污水污染，英格兰的水务公司首次被要求向环境署报告在干旱天气下从合流制下水道溢流口排放未经处理污水的次数。当溢流口在当天和前一天几乎没有降雨的情况下仍运行时，即被标记为“干旱日排放”。