Eight ways to overhaul the UK’s inadequate sewer system (theconversation.com)

submitted 2 years ago by GreyShuck@feddit.uk to c/nature@feddit.uk

2 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The recent surge in public scrutiny over untreated sewage in waterways paints a stark picture of the UK’s ageing sewer network.

Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) are a legacy of a bygone era. Victorian combined sewers, designed to collect both sewage and surface water runoff, are buckling under the pressure. When excess rainwater overwhelms their capacity, overflows are triggered, releasing untreated sewage and rainwater directly into rivers, lakes and the sea.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] Deebster@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Weather patterns are changing across the planet and mostly seem to be delivering droughts and floods. If the systems aren't good enough now, the UK needs to act while there's still time, because it's unlikely things will become more favourable.

[-] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately privatisation has very much ignored our inferstructure since 1989.

And no major party has any plans to make up for the ineptitude of 30+years of governments.

this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2024

25 points (100.0% liked)

UK Nature and Environment

937 readers

41 users here now

General Instance Rules:

No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or xenophobia.
No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies.
No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users.
Do not share intentionally false or misleading information.
Do not spam or abuse network features.

Community Specific Rules:

Keep posts UK-specific. There are other places on Lemmy to post articles which relate to global environmental issues (e.g. slrpnk.net). Research carried out in the UK that affects the UK as well as elsewhere is acceptable.
Keep comments in English so that they can be appropriately moderated.

Note: Our temporary logo is from The Wildlife Trusts. We are not officially associated with them.

Our current banner is a shot of Walberswick marshes, Suffolk by GreyShuck.

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

GreyShuck@feddit.uk

Kim@feddit.uk