Sewage spills took place overnight, while in Swindon discharges have been ongoing for 10 hours or more
Much of the sewage problem in London will be solved when. The new sewer will collect overflows and send them through a new tunnel under the Thames to Beckton sewage works.
Beyond the confines of the M25, however, sewage continued to pour into the Thames and its tributaries. In Swindon, 11 different storm overflows began discharging in the early hours of Monday morning and were still doing so up to 10 hours later. Thames Water, who are responsible for all of the overflows in the Thames area, were the first and so farAll water companies are required to provide it publicly by 2025, but there is currently no real-time information available. Last year,. That was a fall on the 2021 figures, although the industry acknowledged that the main cause was drier weather.
Southern Water, which provides live sewage data for its coastal sites, showed 31 discharges over the last 24 hours, with some ongoing, stretching from the Isle of Wight to Hastings in Sussex.
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