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Storm Kathleen to bring unseasonably wet and windy weather to UK and Ireland
(www.theguardian.com)
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Yorkshire Water dumped sewage into rivers and seas for more than half a million hours last year
(www.yorkshirepost.co.uk)
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Green light for huge green energy park in Yorkshire - with 4,500 jobs on cards
(www.hulldailymail.co.uk)
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Fleet of 40 electric buses to be rolled out across Hull and East Yorkshire
(www.hulldailymail.co.uk)
An hour of water is an hour that a valve/tap/whatever which allows untreated sewage to be dumped into our waterways is left open.
There are multiple of these valves/taps around Yorkshire which all together make up the half a million hours.
This is a ridiculous way of measuring water volume. Though from what I understand even this level of monitoring is a relatively new thing.