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NI Water sewage spills contributing to 'unsafe' bathing waters

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76% Informative

BBC Spotlight investigation finds levels of harmful bacteria in Belfast Lough are three times higher than permitted for bathing water.

Northern Ireland Water has admitted breaching the law hundreds of times each year by releasing untreated sewage into the lough.

The company has pointed to decades of underfunding in its sewage network by the Department for Infrastructure as the root cause of the spills.

Older people swim here, there's vulnerable people here as well. "It's a disgrace.".

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78

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77

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61

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semi-formal

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English

Language complexity

45

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short-lived

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