Tag Archives: Pollution

Environment Agency tackling fire foam in River Wandle

Environment Agency 23-Sep-2011   Officers from the Environment Agency are monitoring quantities of foam that have collected on the River Wandle. The foam escaped into the river as fire fighters fought to tackle a serious fire at a waste tyre … Continue reading

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David Walliams’s Thames swim: it will take a super-sewer to get London out of this mess

If I were not so infernally busy, I think I would go to the banks of the Thames and cheer for David Walliams as he continues his epic downriver migration – like a lost whale or some vast confused salmon … Continue reading

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David Walliams’ next obstacle in swim: Raw Thames sewage

David Walliams has had to deal with hypothermia, diarrhoea and stomach cramps as part of his attempt to swim the length of the Thames. Now the comedian faces his greatest obstacle yet: 500,000 cubic metres of raw sewage. Continue reading

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Drinks company fined £36,000 for polluting river

Environment Agency, 10-Aug-2011 Universal Beverages Ltd, a subsidiary of Heineken UK Ltd pleaded guilty at Hereford Magistrates’ Court to seven offences on 2 August 2011. The company, of Little Marcle Road, Ledbury, was fined £36,000, ordered to pay £20,825 in … Continue reading

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New EA powers improve environmental investment

22-Jul-2011 The Environment Agency is the first enforcement body to use new civil sanctions – against an organisation that broke environmental regulations – as an alternative to criminal prosecution.   The Environment Agency has accepted an offer of £21,000 from … Continue reading

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River Avon oil spill costs company over £31,500

  08-Jul-2011 Yesterday (Thursday 7 July 2011), at Worcester Magistrates Court, Dawn Foods Limited pleaded guilty to two charges that resulted in the pollution of the River Avon in June 2010. Dawn Foods Limited, the manufacturers of baked goods, based … Continue reading

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Why London needs the Tideway Tunnel

Today has seen the release of a comprehensive report by Thames Water into the reasons why London needs the Thames Tunnel or 'Super Sewer' as it is called. The report lays in out full the fact why the tunnel is … Continue reading

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Tideway Tunnel presentation at the Richmond Environmental Information Centre AGM

Thursday 16th June was the Annual General Meeting of the Richmond Environmental Information Centre (REIC). The event was held at the friendly and welcoming River Thames Visitor Centre near Richmond bridge. Presenting for Thames Water was senior project manager Malcolm … Continue reading

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Thames Tunnel ‘vital to protect the Thames’

Supersewer is vital to protect London says a report in the Evening Standard Full report is here

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Thames Water response to the Tidal Pollution incident

Following the Tidal Thames Pollution incident, the Thames Anglers Conservancy have received a letter from Richard Aylard of Thames Water.  This pollution incident highlights the absolute need for the Tideway Tunnel to be built without delay. With our climate changing … Continue reading

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