04 May 2021
From the 1960s marine pollution was one of the main drivers of the growing awareness of the need to protect the marine environment. Dumping waste at sea, high profile oil spills, sewage pollution and variety of toxic chemicals like methyl mercury and TBT were the drivers. The fashion now is ‘plastic pollution’ but the reality […]
27 Apr 2021
Untreated waste regularly flows into waters across England and Wales. Is it time to radically rethink sewage – or do away with sewers altogether asks the Guardian. Raw sewage in British waters is more than simply the horror of swimming amid human waste but also about the health and environmental threats of microplastics, endocrine disruptors, phosphorus, antibiotic-resistant […]
03 Mar 2021
Thames Water hopes to harness human ‘poo power’ to heat homes. Company says sewage plan would avoid 105,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over 30 years. From the Guardian On the downside, Thames Water fined £2.3m for raw sewage pollution incident. Judge says firm’s breach of environmental standards in 2016 amounted to ‘high negligence’. Read […]
10 Nov 2020
The latest water quality report from Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) reveals that Between 1st October 2019 and 30th September 2020, a total of 2,941 Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) discharge notifications were issued through the Safer Seas Service, a real time alert system for sea water users of pollution releases which is based on information they […]
05 Nov 2020
Wildlife & Countryside Link ‘Sewage (Inland Waters) Bill The Sewage (Inland Waters) Bill was published this month by Phillip Dunne MP (Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee), proposing ambitious new measures to turn the tide on river pollution from untreated sewage and to improve water quality. The Bill was welcomed by Link, particularly following last month’s water quality […]
29 Oct 2020
Rivers Trust ‘The #EndSewagePollution Coalition, a cross sector group of organisations, are asking the public to demand their MP stand up for rivers and bring an end to sewage pollution which risks human health and damages precious water habitats. The campaign calls on MPs to support the Sewage (Inland Waters) Bill, a Private Members Bill […]
29 Sep 2020
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