coozer
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| posted on 26/7/09 at 07:58 PM |
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Any enviromental experts??
I have stream out the back or me that has a sewerage overflow vent into it.... this was OKish when the mine was open and the stream was constant due
to pumping. But now the stream has choked up, is very narrow and its fairly unacceptable for us, (the smell, debris etc...)
Surely it can't be right these days to have sewerage flowing into a stream??
I'm sure it must be illegal now, any advise?
Council and environmental agency point fingers at each other. I have done a land search and it belongs to the council, they cut the grass and trim the
trees, occasional!
Steve
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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JoelP
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| posted on 26/7/09 at 08:00 PM |
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AFAIK it will only overflow during a rainstorm when the combined sewer fills up, at which point the stream will be a torrent anyway.
Combined sewer overflows are very common all over the world - google cso.
[Edited on 26/7/09 by JoelP]
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coozer
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| posted on 26/7/09 at 08:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
AFAIK it will only overflow during a rainstorm when the combined sewer fills up, at which point the stream will be a torrent anyway.
Combined sewer overflows are very common all over the world - google cso.
[Edited on 26/7/09 by JoelP]
http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/cso/ ???
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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JoelP
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| posted on 26/7/09 at 08:37 PM |
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ha, bloody TLAs (three letter acronyms...).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_sewer
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coozer
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| posted on 26/7/09 at 08:46 PM |
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I see, but what I'm after is whether this is acceptable in 2009. Sunderland council/Northumbria water get fined for ejecting sewerage onto the
beach.. 6 miles away from here...
The sewer is state of the art ,for the 80's anyway. Its big, 10 metres diameter and was a major mining activity when I was 14. No trenches here,
tunnelling under houses school etc
Its stinks and floods due to the throttling of the beck over the last few years.
Its not acceptable anymore, for us living on top of it, the shit, nappys and pads hang around instead of being swept away.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Dusty
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| posted on 26/7/09 at 09:47 PM |
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The sewer will belong to and be the responsibility of your local water authority. The river/stream might be owned by the council, the water authority
or a private person but it's not their fault if it is being contaminated. They could complain to the water authority and try to stop the
contamination but so can you.
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JoelP
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| posted on 26/7/09 at 09:47 PM |
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it does seem a bit of an old and nasty ideam but i think they cannot do away with it without adding a seperate foul sewer to the entire area - else
rainwater could force sewage back into your house or out of drains.
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Nash
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| posted on 27/7/09 at 08:32 AM |
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The environment Agency should be measuring BOD and SS at the outlet to the drain. This will give the base oxygen demand and the suspended solid
content at the sample point. This is compared to the consent levels aloud for the owner of the outlet (council).
This should take into account the reduced flow and if the consent is breached the owner can be prosecuted.
In short if the flow of water is reduced and the raw outlet remains the same the Particulates increase and consent is breached. The EA should be
regularly sampling the outlet and these records are public. The thing to be warey of is if the the sampling co-incides with heavy rain and therefore
the water / sawage ratio changes! Not hat I'm suggesting the EA & the council are in league with each other. 
Hope that helps
........ Neil
It's What You Do Next That Counts.
Build It, Buy It, Drive It:
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