Toxic Sewage into UK rivers & the Sea until 2050.

[arista]

Victorian Sewage System
still in use.


[The environment secretary has said the
UK government is taking urgent action
to reduce sewage discharges into rivers and the sea in England.
George Eustice unveiled a plan to curb pollution
from the "most damaging" storm overflows
by 75% by 2035, and 80% of all discharges
by 2050.
Water firms are under pressure after
1,000 sewage spills a day were recorded in 2021.
They could face legal action after admitting
possible illegal discharges.

The admission last year prompted a major
government investigation into more
than 2,200 sewage treatment works spanning
all water and sewerage companies in England.

Mr Eustice said the government was investing
£7bn until 2025 to upgrade sewage
infrastructure but admitted water bills will
rise by about £12 a year to cover costs beyond that.]


Slow Working
on this National Trouble,


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60944107

[Oliver_W]

Urgent
By 2050

Idiots.

[arista]

Ch4HDnews has a shocking report


1,000 times a day it goes into
Rivers and Sea

An expert showed a River that had Algae
from human poo
that will kill your Dog.

[Alf]

You've put me right off my cuppa tea.

[arista]

You've put me right off my cuppa tea.


Yes, but this is bad news

[bots]

i wouldnt swim in any water around the uk, and this is why

[Cherie]

i wouldnt swim in any water around the uk, and this is why

I never understand people swimming in the sea in the UK, for starters its baltic, for seconds it never very clear...

[arista]

Today Loads have Marched
in England and Wales


Toxic Sewage still going into many UK rivers
and the Sea


https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/6ADC/production/_124265372_6e7c2a1a-fda1-45d0-8945-f1edd0ab6c3b.jpg
[Campaigners also gathered on Fistral Beach, Newquay
as part of the action coordinated by Surfers Against Sewage]


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-61194173

[arista]

Urgent
By 2050

Idiots.


Yes.

[GoldHeart]

I never understand people swimming in the sea in the UK, for starters its baltic, for seconds it never very clear...

I remember seeing something on TV a while ago, can't remember where it was in the UK but the river looked filthy yet someone was swimming in it :yuk: .

Some people seem to enjoy swimming in polluted water ,for some reason.

[user104658]

i wouldnt swim in any water around the uk, and this is whyUp most of the east coast, round the north coast of Scotland (if you can brave the cold) and also the Scottish Islands are all fine. Plus for freshwater, plenty of clean lochs :hee:.

But south coast of England is a flat NO especially south east, and several parts of the west coast are a bit risky.

Any coastline anywhere near London is pretty much on a permanent "pollution risk warning" if you look at the maps.

[Zizu]

Victorian Sewage System
still in use.


[The environment secretary has said the
UK government is taking urgent action
to reduce sewage discharges into rivers and the sea in England.
George Eustice unveiled a plan to curb pollution
from the "most damaging" storm overflows
by 75% by 2035, and 80% of all discharges
by 2050.
Water firms are under pressure after
1,000 sewage spills a day were recorded in 2021.
They could face legal action after admitting
possible illegal discharges.

The admission last year prompted a major
government investigation into more
than 2,200 sewage treatment works spanning
all water and sewerage companies in England.

Mr Eustice said the government was investing
£7bn until 2025 to upgrade sewage
infrastructure but admitted water bills will
rise by about £12 a year to cover costs beyond that.]


Slow Working
on this National Trouble,


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60944107


The companies need to be punished harshly after ONE offence !!

A thousand per day means they aren’t even bothered imho


Fifty years ago the best places to catch huge Cod off Scarborough beach were the two sewage pipes that pumped waste into the sea - about 50 metres out


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[user104658]

The companies need to be punished harshly after ONE offence !!

A thousand per day means they aren’t even bothered imho


Fifty years ago the best places to catch huge Cod off Scarborough beach were the two sewage pipes that pumped waste into the sea - about 50 metres out


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProMmmmm poop-fed cod, delicious.

[Zizu]

Mmmmm poop-fed cod, delicious.


Trouble is I only learned about the pipes about 20 years ago


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[user104658]

Trouble is I only learned about the pipes about 20 years ago


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProAnd by that point you'd already consumed so much poop-cod that you'd developed a hankering :worry:

[Zizu]

And by that point you'd already consumed so much poop-cod that you'd developed a hankering :worry:


I never caught one of them ... I couldn’t cast that far out :)


I used to be crabbing off the pier :)


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[Kizzy]

Privatisation and deregulation. .. that's the issue, nothing at all wrong with the drains.
The water companies know how to treat water to clean it, they know what safe levels of toxins are. If they fail in their role to monitor those things they are no longer competent.

Renationalise.

[arista]

Privatisation and deregulation. .. that's the issue, nothing at all wrong with the drains.
The water companies know how to treat water to clean it, they know what safe levels of toxins are. If they fail in their role to monitor those things they are no longer competent.

Renationalise.


But Kizzy
Labour do not want to that

[Kizzy]

Correction. .'new' Labour don't want to do that.

[arista]

Correction. .'new' Labour don't want to do that.



Starmer does not want to fund it.

[arista]

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-a3d72a76-dbea-4751-9b29-dd38bd1e9c9f.png

[arista]

[Raw sewage being dumped into rivers
and coastal areas across England more
than 300,000 times in the last year.]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/16A71/production/_129158729_revisedtimes27march-nc.png.webp

[Mystic Mock]

That's honestly disgusting.

[arista]

That's honestly disgusting.


Yes, we need to hear Labours Starmer
plan, to sort out this Stinking Mess.

[arista]

Sky News Text :
[The i launches its own "five pledges"
in a bid to force political action and
stop Britain's rivers being used as open sewers.]



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