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New Fri 11 Feb 11 08:31 
 39 million tonnes of untreated sewage - SteelSpark
...dumped into the Thames every year (according to the guy from Thames Water on the BBC this morning).

I didn't realise that it legal to dump untreated sewage into waterways. Mind you, I suppose there is nowhere else for it to go. He mentioned a new £4 billion plan to build a storage system, due to go online in 2020. Therefore it will actually cost £40 billion and be completed in 2045, by which time they'll need much more capacity.

I wonder which other rivers have raw sewage dumped into them.
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New Fri 11 Feb 11 08:37 
 39 million tonnes of untreated sewage - BiggerBadderDave
"plan to build a storage system, due to go online in 2020"

Yes it would be nice to leave something for future generations.
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New Fri 11 Feb 11 08:44 
 39 million tonnes of untreated sewage - Falkirk Bairn
99% of rivers are the last resort for overflows of sewage and flood waters.

The sewage leaks from farm fields (especially after high rainfall), homes into most rivers and streams and naturally breaks down eventually - unfortunately for beach users not quickly enough.

Glasgow invested masses in sewage treatments it is ground down rather than fully treated but it appears the results is plastics, paper etc removed and smaller pieces of turd - the Clyde and tide do the rest - eventually.

Edinburgh used to take the sewage to sea and dump in deep water from the "Jeanie Deans" sewage barge - stopped on environmental grounds 15 years - new sewage plant cannot cope so result overflows from sewage works enters the river @ Portobello beach rather than 40 mls out to sea!

North sea dumping is in the opinion less harmful than the current sewage burying and burning in a coal fired power station -Longannet.
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New Fri 11 Feb 11 09:23 
 39 million tonnes of untreated sewage - Dog
Spare a thought for Tokyo - pop. c34m :(
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New Fri 11 Feb 11 09:40 
 39 million tonnes of untreated sewage - overthehill
It is said that one cannot swim in the sea at Brighton - one can only go through the "motions"
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