Mayor Urged To Tackle London’s Mounting Sewage Crisis With New SCAT Team As All 41 Rivers In The City Are Polluted.

London’s waterways are struggling. All 41 rivers in the city are polluted. A third of London’s sewer network is unmapped. Meanwhile, raw sewage continues to flow into rivers through ‘misconnected’ pipes. 

Campaigners have written to the Mayor of London this week, urging him to create a dedicated Sewer Connections Action Team (SCAT) to tackle the mounting crisis of river pollution resulting from misconnections in the capital’s sewer system.

 London’s waterways are struggling. All 41 rivers in the city are polluted. A third of London’s sewer network is unmapped. Meanwhile, raw sewage continues to flow into rivers through ‘misconnected’ pipes. 

 The long-awaited Thames Tideway (or ‘Super Sewer’) has been touted as the solution to London’s sewage woes. However, campaigners warn that without decisive action to fix misconnected pipes, it will only ever partially solve the problem. This is because misconnected pipes enable sewage to evade treatment and enter waterways directly.

 Local councils are responsible for addressing these misconnections by requiring property owners to make necessary repairs. Yet, in many cases, these issues remain unresolved, enabling sewage to pour into rivers for years.

Alice Roberts of CPRE London, said: “Clearly, the current system is not working. We have a mounting sewage crisis. This is why we are calling for the formation of a central team that can work on behalf of all London boroughs. Doing so will offer a more efficient system that can actually deliver on enforcement and eliminate the flow of sewer into local water systems.”

 Londoners are being urged to join the campaign by contacting the Mayor of London and voicing their support for SCAT. (More details below.)

 CPRE London is also holding a webinar 12:30 today, Thursday 23 January where the public can find out more.

https://cpre-london.eventcube.io/events/69231/londons-sewage-crisis-will-the-super-sewer-solve-it

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