Thames Tideway: Just how super is London’s new super sewer? Transport and infrastructure “A national scandal,” Sadiq Khan said of the amount of sewage pumped into the River Thames last year. But it took more than the Mayor of London to spur national revulsion at the state of England’s longest river. Fast forward a few months and the spotlight had fallen on the 2024 Oxford-Cambridge boat race in [...]
Hooray for the super sewer! But it won’t clean up the Thames alone Opinion The super sewer is here! But it's not a silver bullet to cleaning up the River Thames, writes the Port of London Authority's Robin Mortimer.
‘Super sewer’ boss hails opening of wastewater network London’s long awaited ‘super sewer’ opened today, marking a major milestone in efforts to protect the River Thames from sewage pollution. Designed to handle storm overflows, the Thames Tideway Tunnel opened its gates today, capturing 589,000 cubic metres of sewage within 24 hours during heavy rainfall in September. The 25km ‘super sewer’ has a total [...]