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River pollution: Welsh Water dumped 56m litres of sewage

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Pembrokeshire campaigners say 56 m litres of sewage was dumped in a river in 2023 .

Pumps at Picton in Haverfordwest were running at 80% capacity from July 2022 to February 2024 .

Welsh Water apologised and said its Picton pumping station had been upgraded.

But it admitted there could be problems at other sites across Wales .

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English

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