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Re: The water pollution cover up ?
Hi Reg
Yes I managed to remember that it was on and like most of the Nation, sickened. There's been plenty of talk about it this morning on BBC Breakfast too.
For the benefit of those who didn't watch it, it seems that the EA has been allowing the Water Companies to monitor their own waste (mis)management, only responding themselves to less than 1% of reported illegal spillages by the public, and the Water Companies have been covering up their own tracks in order to get big Government Bonuses for achieving Treated Sewage output targets, not letting the EA know anything about their regular Untreated Sewage output . All in all, corruption and theft by the Water Companies.
There's a hope that the pay out of these Bonuses will be stopped, but without the EA monitoring every illegal spillage reported by the public, there's little chance that the the rivers will improve.
Here's hoping for the sake of those new fish stocks put in the upper Avon by the EA , that the EA itself has been monitoring the situation and not relied on feedback from the local Sewage Treatment Works.
GRRRRR
Posted on December 5, 2023 at 10:13 AM
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Joined: September 18, 2020
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Re: The water pollution cover up ?
What is that saying “Foxes in charge of the Chicken Coop”
As for Water Utilities
it should be “The Sh””s taking the P””s
The Government’s of ALL Colours have been complicit in overseeing the discharging of UNTREATED EFFLUENTS Into watercourses and into the Seas around Britain!
The Government can’t be sure how many people are in Britain, the one thing that we all need to do is to visit the Toilets and to use water.
The Panorama program alerted us to the fact that they have NO clear definition on the word
“EXCEPTIONAL”
This is worrying because the Water Utilities ARE ALLOWED TO DISCHARGE UNTREATED EFFLUENTS due to Exceptional Weather?
The Panorama documentary had untreated effluent taken from a Sewage Works outfall into a stream analysed in a laboratory for Paracetamol - the Scientist stated that the analysis detected Concentrations of 22 different Pharmaceuticals among which were Antibiotics, Antidepressants, Type 2 Diabetes medications, and lord knows how much Illegal Drugs were also present!
Water Utilities have been “Fully Compliant with their Permit Conditions”
Water Utilities are Rewarded for the Quality of its Treated Effluent”
The Water Utilities get to write their own reports, the EA don’t make enough visits to the existing Sewage Works!
There needs to be an immediate increase in the size of the existing Sewage Works and there needs to lord knows how many NEW SEWAGE WORKS Built!
The public need to know the
1). Permit Conditions for Sewage Works
2). The Definition for EXCEPTIONAL WEATHER
3). The Water Utility should be rewarded on the Quality of its DISCHARGED EFFLUENT and its Clean Water Quality
4). Absolutely NO SOLIDS DISCHARGING
5). Absolutely NO DRUG Residues being discharged
The ECO WOKES are going barmy to stop the burning of fossil fuels
But surely this issue of EFFLUENT DISCHARGE is even worse.
Posted on December 5, 2023 at 8:38 PM
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Joined: February 20, 2022
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Re: The water pollution cover up ?
Difficult for the EA to enforce vague rules and regulations not helped by huge cuts in their budget.
Shocking fact:- The government spend nearly 32 times as much housing migrants in hotels a year as the EA's budget.
Not deffending the EA but they are somewhat hobbled by ridiculous legislation that allows water companies to self monitor. Plus having no money for the required number of staff needed to police the water companies.
The buck stops with the government,who really couldn't care less.
Posted on December 9, 2023 at 11:43 AM
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