The UK’s Victorian-era sewer network is at breaking point.
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Less concrete, more wetlands, fewer wet wipes.
Even in a time with limited alternatives, polluted waterways were not simply accepted without complaint.
Thames Water has mapped its discharges in near real time. But we still need data on the volume of sewage dumped in rivers.
Water companies recently released raw sewage near more than 100 beaches across Britain.
Water and sewerage companies should not be responsible for reporting pollution.
Victorian-era engineering is struggling under decades of underinvestment.
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Professor of Environmental Microbiology, University of Brighton
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Engineering, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and the Built Environment, University of Portsmouth
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Principal Research Fellow in Aquatic Environment Health, University of Brighton
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Senior Lecturer in Aquatic Ecology, University of Hertfordshire
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PhD Candidate, Department of History, University of Warwick
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Reader in Natural Sciences, Bangor University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at the School of Biosciences, Cardiff University
