Not less than 72billion litres of sewage have been dumped within the Thames since 2020, shock information reveals

Not less than 72 billion litres of sewage have been dumped within the Thames since 2020, new information has revealed.

The figures, disclosed by Thames Water, are the primary time the quantity of sewage discharge has been given by any water firm.

Final 12 months alone, not less than 14.3 billion litres of sewage was discharged into the Thames. The worst 12 months on file is 2021, when a staggering 32 billion litres of sewage have been launched.

On someday in 2021, January 28, Thames Water discharged virtually one billion litres of sewage.

Earlier makes an attempt to search out out exactly how a lot sewage has flowed into waterways across the nation have been blocked as water corporations don’t routinely measure the quantity discharged, solely the time of discharge.

New sewage displays put in by Thames Water on the £4.5bilion Thames Tideway tremendous sewer mission are the one ones within the nation that are geared up to measure the quantity.

However they don’t cowl the whole community, that means the full quantity of sewage despatched out into the Thames might be a lot increased.

Now campaigners are calling for quantity displays to be fitted at websites throughout the UK.

The worst-hit web site since 2020 is Mogden close to Twickenham, the place 17.1 billion litres of sewage was discharged from the sewage therapy works there.

The second most impacted web site was in East London, the place 15.8 billion litres of sewage has been discharged at Crossness since 2020.

The Liberal Democrats, who uncovered the figures {pls maintain} are demanding water corporations place increased retailer on defending the atmosphere by changing into ‘public good corporations’ – which incorporates putting environmentalists on their boards and not permitting them to place revenue earlier than defending the atmosphere.

Munira Wilson MP for the Thamesside constituency of Twickenham, stated: ‘These horrifying revelations are proof that Thames Water must be ripped up. It’s outrageous that Conservative Ministers proceed to take a seat on their fingers and let Thames Water get away with this. The Authorities is standing idly by while our rivers are poisoned and water agency execs pocket tens of millions.

‘The period of water corporations placing revenue earlier than the atmosphere should come to an finish.

‘These water corporations are committing environmental crimes that are destroying our rivers and wildlife habitats, all while pocketing eye-watering sums of cash.

‘What’s most stunning is that that is simply the tip of the iceberg. With virtually each sewage monitor unable to measure the litres of sewage discharged, this determine is prone to enter the trillions. Water corporations are becoming displays which merely aren’t as much as the job and conceal the true horrors of their filthy sewage habits.

‘The Authorities ought to power Thames Water to put in new displays which measure the quantity of sewage discharged, so we are able to discover the areas which want saving probably the most from this terrible act.’

A Thames Water spokesperson stated: ‘Our EDM [event duration monitoring] monitoring gear can’t measure volumes and was not designed to take action. With respect to the length of sewage discharge, ‘close to real-time information’ is revealed for every of our 468 permitted discharge places.

‘This information provides the quantity and length of discharges through our devoted web site. At a restricted variety of websites referring to the Tideway Tunnel, we have now the flexibility to calculate quantity discharged; nevertheless, we don’t do that frequently throughout our websites. After all, what issues most is stopping the necessity for the discharges and we have now revealed plans to improve over 250 of our sewage therapy works and sewers.