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We all contribute to raw sewage.
我们每个人都促成了未经处理的污水。
It's what runs down our plug holes and flush down our toilets.
未经处理的污水从我们的排水孔流出，冲进我们的厕所。
This sewage travels through a series of pipes and tunnels before arriving at a treatment works.
这些污水经过一系列管道和隧道，随后到达了污水处理厂。
At treatment works, this dirty water is cleaned before it's released back into waterways like rivers.
在污水处理厂，在被排放回河流等水道之前，这些脏水会接受净化。
But sometimes, water companies are allowed to release raw sewage back into the environment without it being cleaned.
但有时，水务公司会获准将未经净化的污水排放回生态环境当中。
This can happen during long periods of heavy rain.
这种情况可能发生在长时间的暴雨期间。
This can help to protect houses and other properties from flooding and stop sewage rising back up into people's homes and onto the streets.
这么做有助于保护房屋和其他财产免受洪水侵袭，并阻止污水重新流入人们的家中和街道上。
But the issue is: raw sewage can contain rubbish, as well as viruses and bacteria that can be harmful to humans, animals and plant life.
但问题是：未经处理的污水可能含有垃圾，以及对人类、动物和植物生命有害的病毒和细菌。
The Environment Agency, who regulate how much sewage that water companies are allowed to put in the water,
负责监管水务公司可以向水源中排放多少污水的英国环境局发现，
found that sewage was spilled for 3.6 million hours into rivers and seas in England last year.
去年，英格兰的污水流入河流和海洋的时间长达360万小时。
That's more than double the amount from 2022.
这一数字是2022年的两倍还要多。
Water UK, who represent water and sewage companies, says it's unacceptable, but they think the levels are due to more rain than usual.
代表供水和污水处理公司的英国水务公司称，这是不可接受的，但他们认为这是由于降雨比平时要多的原因。
But the Environment Agency says water companies still have a legal responsibility to manage serious overflows despite the wet weather.
但英国环境署表示，尽管天气潮湿，水务公司仍有法律责任管理严重的溢流。
