The River Calder is officially the second most sewage-polluted in England, with sewage flowing into the river and tributaries for 27,901 hours in 2021 💧 CapurrodDaniel reports:
Dr Andy Bray of the Calder Rivers Trust told: “We’re the second most-polluted river but that’s based on where [water companies] know that their outfalls are and doesn’t consider the impact of unknown sewage spills and leaks in the system.”
It’s a nationwide problem, but campaigners say that outside of major spills, it often goes unnoticed. Ashley Smith, the founder of Windrush Against Sewage Pollution, told: “Often the people are just getting used to it. Their kids are cycling through it as manhole covers just seep or spew out sewage into the streets.”
“On the River Ryburn… there’s a sewer running down most of the channel and sequentially along it there are a type of pressure release structures [for gas release], and if the sewer gets backed up, it’s like an uncapped straw that allows sewage release.”A damaged manhole with evidence of sewage leaks in the Calder’s catchment
Such incidents are usually caused by blockages, the most common of which are so-called fatbergs formed when wet wipes and fat coagulate into solid blocks of grease.
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