Untreated sewage has been pumped directly into a rare chalk stream in the South Downs National Park resulting in the local rivers trust declaring the body of water “effectively dead”.
Southern Water has been dumping sewage into the River Lavant, which runs from the village of East Dean in West Sussex to Chichester, due to capacity issues within its sewage network.
The firm is deploying a technique called ‘over-pumping’, which is used when excess groundwater infiltrates cracks in the sewage system, risking wastewater backing up into peoples’ homes.
And make sure it doesn’t get applied to customers bills.
I pay just shy of £200 a year to Southern Water purely for waste. From what I understand I could save myself £200 just by shitting in the local stream.
A good point, agreed.