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How data might help solve the sewage problem (with a little help from WriteToThem)

Screenshot of sewagemap.co.uk

16th April 2026 by Myfanwy

Have you visited sewagemap.co.uk? If you care about your local rivers, lakes and seas, you might want to take a look at this very graphic display of where sewage is being discharged across England. If you’re wondering which sense of ‘graphic’ we mean, well, it’s both: first, it’s easy to see the information at a…

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How could an FOI Network support Freedom of Information delivery and practice?

Apr
29

mySociety and State of the Future will host an online session exploring how an expanded FOI Network could better support Freedom of Information delivery and practice.If…

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