Tag Archives: Thames Water

Green light for examination of Thames ‘Super Sewer’ proposals

Posted on 30/03/2013 by Admin

An independent, public examination of Thames Water’s detailed proposals for the Thames Tideway Tunnel will commence after Easter, it was confirmed. The Planning Inspectorate has today confirmed that the application for Development Consent for the ‘Supersewer’, submitted by Thames Water … Continue reading →

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Project Ghillie – Multi Agency Fight against Poaching and Fishery Crime

Posted on 07/03/2013 by Admin

Project Ghillie is the multi-agency response to the growing trend of poaching, fish theft and other fishery related crime. Click HERE to download the poster and spread the word The Met Police Service, in partnership with the Environment Agency, Angling … Continue reading →

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Boris Urged to stand firm over Tideway Clean-up

Posted on 25/02/2013 by Admin

Anglers join environment coalition in call for Mayor to back Thames Tunnel planning permission to end pollution and fish kills The Angling Trust has joined the Thames Tunnel Now coalition of environmental and amenity groups to urge the Mayor of … Continue reading →

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Thames Water ordered to pay over £14,000 for polluting Faringdon Stream

Posted on 25/02/2013 by Admin

Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Water) was fined £10,000 at Oxford Magistrates Court on Friday for polluting Faringdon Stream in Faringdon, Oxfordshire between 14 and 16 August 2011. The company was also ordered to pay the Prosecution costs of £4,488 … Continue reading →

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New life for polluted River Crane

Posted on 18/01/2013 by Admin

Just over one year on from the devastating pollution of the River Crane, the Environment Agency has begun a programme of fish restocking. In October 2011, a tsunami of raw sewage was released into the river following … Continue reading →

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Tideway Times – Winter 2012

Posted on 22/12/2012 by Admin

Tideway Times is a quarterly newsletter featuring the latest news and events on the London Tideway Improvements, which includes the proposed Thames Tideway Tunnel, the Lee Tunnel and Sewage Works Upgrades. http://www.thameswater.co.uk/tw/common/downloads/aboutus-projects-tidal-thames/tideway-times-winter-December-2012.pdf

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Sustainable drainage and the ‘Supersewer’

Posted on 01/12/2012 by Admin

Richard Aylard, Thames Water’s Director of External Affairs and Sustainability, explains in Thames Estuary Partnership’s magazine ‘Talk of the Thames’ why the proposed Thames Tideway Tunnel and Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) each have a vital role to play in … Continue reading →

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Angling Groups say Green Drainage is an Essentail part of Thames Tunnel

Posted on 13/11/2012 by Admin

Green drainage must accompany Thames Tunnel, say angling groups Opponents of Thames Supersewer urged to embrace both solutions after US presentation A US wastewater expert has urged London to embrace the Thames Tunnel as the only solution to end the … Continue reading →

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Top EU court finds Britain guilty of dumping sewage into Waterways

Posted on 18/10/2012 by Admin

Britain faces large fines for breaching European Union law on water treatment after plants in northern England and London dumped raw sewage into waterways, the European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday.