The horrendous stats were revealed at FMQs by Alex Cole-Hamilton as he warned 'swimming pools of poo' were spewing onto some of the country's most beloved shores.
Sewage was dumped on award-winning beaches in Scotland more than 400 times last year, shocking data reveals.
And new Liberal Democrat analysis of last year’s Scottish Water data has uncovered at least 411 times where sewage spewed onto prize-winning shores. Challenging First Minister Humza Yousaf on the issue at FMQs, Cole-Hamilton said: “Enough to fill 19,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools - that’s how much sewage we know was dumped into our rivers last year by Scotland’s government-owned water company.“New Liberal Democrat research that we are publishing today reveals over 400 sewage dumps in the vicinity of some of Scotland’s best beaches last year.
“So can I ask the First Minister: Will he now instruct the monitoring of all sewage discharges in Scotland? What will he do to help Scottish Water get a handle on this?Yousaf said he would intervene personally with Scottish Water to help address the issue.
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