Wastewater and river pollution. During heavy rains, drains release raw sewage directly into rivers…
While headlines trumpet a false climate emergency, real environmental crises are worsening, not to mention potholed roads and collapsing bridges.
The UK’s aging sewage infrastructure cannot cope with the needs of a growing population.
During heavy rainfall, sewers dump raw sewage directly into rivers.
According to recent surveys, Thames Water, the UK’s largest water and wastewater utility, has discharged at least 72 billion gallons of wastewater into the Thames since 2020, the equivalent of about 29,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
In 2024, the company was fined £3.3 million for causing the deaths of more than 1,400 fish by releasing millions of gallons of untreated wastewater.
Despite these incidents, Thames Water continues to discharge wastewater into waterways.
River pollution has devastating public health consequences through a range of waterborne diseases, including cholera, dysentery and hepatitis A.
The presence of harmful bacteria such as E. coli in rivers and coastal waters poses a direct threat to communities that rely on these sources for drinking, bathing, and recreation.
Recently, thousands of people in Devon, UK, contracted diarrhea from ingesting parasites from contaminated water.
In New Delhi, India’s capital, the Yamuna River has been severely impacted by the disposal of harmful chemicals and untreated sewa
As a result, parts of the river have a murky appearance, with foam and plastic littering its banks.
Another river in India, the Ganges, is one of the most polluted in the world, receiving more than a billion gallons of raw sewage and industrial waste every day.
Instead of addressing urgent environmental problems like river pollution, governments are diverting resources and energy to respond to unfounded claims like the climate crisis.
