Scots teachers walk through raw sewage as 'human faeces flows down flooded street'
Scots schoolteachers were seen to walk through raw sewage after flooding caused raw human faeces to seep down a street, it's been claimed.
The incident is said to have taken place in Dunbar, East Lothian. One local has now called for action after she claimed to witness the incident outside a primary school.
Images shared with Edinburgh Live appear to show 'faeces' on the street outside the school, at the corner of Lammermuir Crescent and Countess Road, on four separate occasions: June 16, June 22, June 23 and July 2.
The resident said: "The ongoing issue of human faeces on the street and outside a school is huge public health emergency. It's disgraceful that this has been allowed to happen and continues to happen.
"When the flooding recedes, sewage is left. This has happened four times in the last three weeks. Not everyone walking through it realises that the paper waste is toilet roll and there is human faeces caught up in the sludge.
"These drains are directly adjacent to Dunbar Primary John Muir Campus. I have seen teachers attempt to walk through on their way to school. It is clearly a health concern to the community."
This comes a day after SEPA issued a warning for bathers to avoid swimming at Dunbar East Beach on Tuesday July 1 after their investigations indicated a high level of bacteria in the water.
The public body was also made aware of "sewage" near the bathing water. A Scottish Water spokesperson said: "Our operational teams responded following reports of a suspected waste water leak in Dunbar.
" Operatives found that a blocked sewer was causing external flooding on the public footpath. We cleaned the area and carried out a CCTV survey of the sewer.
"We are now carrying our further investigations including additional CCTV surveying to confirm whether there are any defects on our pipe which could be contributing to the external flooding in the area.
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Anyone with anything to report should contact the 24-hour customer helpline on 0800 0778 778. East Lothian Council are understood to have reported the sewage issue to Scottish Water after they were made aware of the issue.
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