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Maybe part of the solution is to reduce rain/stop runoff that then overwhelms the sewage system. I understand that Thames Water may get powers to charge people
by DamonHD 3y ago
Maybe part of the solution is to reduce rain/stop runoff that then overwhelms the sewage system.
I understand that Thames Water may get powers to charge people (eg homeowners) a fee who have flouted regulations such as SuDS by making their surfaces impermeable and thus added to the problem, eg concreted over their front garden.
- wongarsu 3y agoAllowing rainwater to seep into the ground instead of redirecting it into the nearest river to flow out into the sea is definitely important, and something previous (and current) generations have put too little effort into. At the same time this can be very hard to retrofit. Having a lawn instead of a concrete pad is only a small part, you need areas that you are willing to allow to flood in a rain event. London wasn't built with this in mind, so any significant improvement that would make improvements to the sewer system unnecessary take way too long.
- throwway120385 3y agoThat's what two people in the article who were quoted in opposition to each other were both saying. The difference is the London Waterkeeper guy was saying it needed to be done immediately and the Thames Tideway guy was saying that they built the tunnel to buy 60 years to do it. But they were in agreement that keeping water out of the sewer was the best way to handle it. It sounds like they just didn't know they agreed with each other.