Inside the gates, the official saw storm tanks discharging untreated sewage and was told by staff the site could not cope with the volumes it had to deal with.
At the Sittingbourne works in north Kent, a vital automated pump had not worked for months. Returning seven days later, the same tank was still full and the sewage was turning toxic. At Millbrook in Hampshire, a plant that serves , people, Southern Water illegally dumped nearly 1bn litres of raw sewage — enough to fill Olympic-sized swimming pools — into waters that should have been home to a thriving shellfish industry.
At the Budds Farm works in Havant, Hampshire, raw sewage poured into Langstone harbour, a tidal bay popular with swimmers, sailors and paddleboarders. Entries in site diaries reveal how routinely Southern was discharging effluent into the sea as its decrepit infrastructure struggled to cope.
No beauty spot seemed immune from being used as an open sewer. The small village of Beaulieu sits within the New Forest national park. Pollution in the river there was such that shellfish harvesting had been prohibited because the water quality was so poor.
The investigation found that Southern Water illegally discharged raw sewage into the small river times, for 3, hours. The longest spill lasted 19 days. Investigators found that over the period , the company was deliberately responsible for more than 8, illegal sewage discharges, which amounted to 61, hours of releases, or a duration of seven years.
The main wastewater treatment works owned by Southern Water that discharge into the harbour are Thornham, Chichester and Bosham. In Thornham alone discharged raw sewage into the waters for hours in 46 separate spills, according to Environment Agency data. Water companies are allowed to discharge raw sewage into waterways only after extreme weather events to relieve pressure in the system.
But evidence shows the companies are spilling raw effluent much more frequently. Data from Chichester Harbour Conservancy suggests that in the three works spilled untreated sewage into the harbour for out of days. Documents seen by the Guardian suggest the 10 treatment works run by Southern Water that serve the Chichester area have capacity for just more homes. Property owners were often unaware that they were responsible for these pipes until they faced a repair bill, causing confusion and leading to disputes between neighbours.
The private sewer transfer brings peace of mind on maintenance for these sections of pipe, and clarity on ownership. Property owners do not need to do anything, as the transfer happened automatically on 1 October There are now only public sewers owned and maintained by the sewerage companies and private drains the responsibility of property owners. We have created a film which explains the changes and the background to them, and animations which show the changes for each of the main property types, based on the latest available government guidance.
Privately-owned septic tanks and cesspits and their connecting pipework, large multi-occupier commercial sites, and sewers that carry water directly to a watercourse will not transfer.
Private pumping stations will not be transferred immediately, but will transfer by October Under the plans, thousands of digital monitors are to be installed across Southern Water's 39,km network as part of a "major project" to "monitor the level of flows in pipes. As for the court case in May, Mr Justice Johnson, who oversaw proceedings, said: "These offences show a shocking and wholesale disregard for the environment, for precious and delicate ecosystems and coastlines, for human health, and for fisheries and other legitimate businesses that operate in coastal waters.
He said Southern Water has a track record of "previous and persistent pollution of the environment," and with past offences and cautions under its belt, "it's offending simply continued," he added. This was said to be the worst environmental crime in the quarter-of-a-century history of the Environment Agency. Justice Johnson said the company's "co-operation was grudging, partial and inadequate. Southern Water pleaded guilty to 51 counts between January and December of "knowingly permitting entry to coast water of poisonous, noxious or polluting matter or waste matter or sewage effluent… otherwise than as authorised by an environmental permit," the report said.
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