If this was a farmer....

[Steevo]

....e.g a slurry leak then they’d surely be fined and face significantly worse press.

Pedestrians dodge raw sewage during heavy rain | ITV News

Drains have begun to overflow onto a busy road near a school run in Bishops Cleeve. | ITV News West Country

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[dudders]

Got a sewer running through my woods in the valley bottom. Any period of heavy rain, a couple of the lowest manholes lift their lids and let it all hang out, straight into the stream. This is one - the stream's about 2 feet to the side.

I don't want to make a fuss though, because the only way for them to fix it is to lay a new sewer, coz it's tree roots in the pipe that cause the problem. Replacing the sewer will mean a whole swathe cut through the woods and all their machinery cutting it about. So I just keep schtum and don't go there when it's wet. But you're right - if that was my muck, there'd be merry hell kicked up.

 

[Redlands Okie]

As the root problem or whatever the cause might be gets worse they will begin to realize they have a problem. Your probably just delaying the issues you are trying to avoid.

 

[dudders]

They already know about it - I just don't give them grief or tell the EA. Guess it'll have to be done one day, but it's not like it'll be a bigger job in 10 years' time than now. And the longer it's left, the less likely it'll be me here to suffer it!

 

[Steevo]

Got a sewer running through my woods in the valley bottom. Any period of heavy rain, a couple of the lowest manholes lift their lids and let it all hang out, straight into the stream. This is one - the stream's about 2 feet to the side.

I don't want to make a fuss though, because the only way for them to fix it is to lay a new sewer, coz it's tree roots in the pipe that cause the problem. Replacing the sewer will mean a whole swathe cut through the woods and all their machinery cutting it about. So I just keep schtum and don't go there when it's wet. But you're right - if that was my muck, there'd be merry hell kicked up.

Could always insist that it goes around the woods so as not to affect the trees. It’s surprising what power you can have sometimes.

 

[ImLost]

Could always insist that it goes around the woods so as not to affect the trees. It’s surprising what power you can have sometimes.

Surely it's stupid putting it through the trees again if all that's going to happen in a few years is they clog the pipes up again?!

 

[Nearly]

Had the same with sewer blowing top off the manhole through some swamp and running into stream.
I sold the scrubby swamp to the neighbour. Not my problem now.

 

[colhonk]

Surely it's stupid putting it through the trees again

You seem to forget.........People making these decesions may have plenty of brains, but, NO common sense whatever.

 

[Nearly]

You seem to forget.........People making these decesions may have plenty of brains, but, NO common sense whatever.

Yep, there will be pipes that are classed as root proof, which will need replacing in 20 years, but designer will be out and on a full pension by then, having saved £100k on this job by not having to re-route it. win win (for designer)

 

[texelburger]

Upstream of us the sewage companies pour untreated waste straight into the river.Ive seen the grey/brown line of sewage coming down the river miles downstream from where the discharge is.The companies get away with it under Combined sewer overflow legislation.
Now if us little farmers allowed a little pollution to find it's way into watercourses we would be vilified by all and sundry,oh and a big fine too.

 

[Tarw Coch]

Upstream of us the sewage companies pour untreated waste straight into the river.Ive seen the grey/brown line of sewage coming down the river miles downstream from where the discharge is.The companies get away with it under Combined sewer overflow legislation.
Now if us little farmers allowed a little pollution to find it's way into watercourses we would be vilified by all and sundry,oh and a big fine too.

I don’t know if it’s still the case but at one time the sewage companies were allowed to let up to 50% raw sewage into the watercourses at times of heavy rainfall.

 

[br jones]

I don’t know if it’s still the case but at one time the sewage companies were allowed to let up to 50% raw sewage into the watercourses at times of heavy rainfall.

12 million gallons or there abouts of raw sewage is released into rivers in uk

 

[Lofty1984]

12 million gallons or there abouts of raw sewage is released into rivers in uk

Is that including all the rubbish that’s generally in sewage ? Bog roll etc ?

 

[robs1]

Had wessex water round today to ask if they can come into a couple of my fields to clean up sewage that pumped out of manholes sunday, who would have guessed that two six inch pipes and a nine inch pipe which are all pumped up an incline would cause problems when all three try to flow down a slight incline in a 12 inch pipe which also collects sewage from around another 5000 people on a two mile trip to the works.

 

[Wurzeetoo]

Is that including all the rubbish that’s generally in sewage ? Bog roll etc ?

Yup could never understand why they had the outlets on westward ho beach amongst all the swimmers. Most locals in my village treated the sea as if it was just a carrier of sewage and didn’t swim In it. Basically if the systems overwhelmed it’s just diverted rather than treated

 

[br jones]

Is that including all the rubbish that’s generally in sewage ? Bog roll etc ?

Oh yes ,raw

 

[Flat 10]

So go to newspapers mps etc surely at the moment there’s an appetite to sort these things out?

 

[bluebell]

easy to build the many many thousands of new houses, just tie them into the already overloaded sewage network? same as all the other utilities? amount of mains water leaks around my area ? come have alook at the open sewage drain thats called a river down the bottom of some of my fields, come smellit see the waste and rubbish left after the flooded river goes down, another joy of urban farming?

 

[Netherfield]

Architect who we used 18 years ago said 'they'll never build more houses in this area, the sewers are overloaded now' . The local council plan has 275 in one place, looking certain to be built soon, and about 80 in another, and they've also shut down the treatment plant higher up at the side of the old David Brown factory at Meltham. And a second plant near Honley, and it's all pumped to the far side of the town, near the M62 J25.

 

[dudders]

come have alook at the open sewage drain thats called a river down the bottom of some of my fields, come smellit see the waste and rubbish left after the flooded river goes down, another joy of urban farming

No thanks - got my own...