SEWAGE PETITION IS JUST 200 SIGNATURES AWAY FROM 10.000
The petition urging the government to review to the flood resilience scheme dubbed the Thames Sewage Plan is just 200 names away from reaching the significant milestone of 10000, it emerged today.
The petition, launched by local campaigner. Ian McNuff of SOLAR ( Save our Lands and River) needs at least 10000 signatures and then it will receive a government response.
The petition states: “We urge the government to review the regulations for new sewage treatment infrastructure and introduce new legislation to ensure high international standards are met; to safeguard people’s health, better protect all water bodies and reduce damaging long term impacts.
“All new wastewater infrastructure must be built to well-established, higher international standards, in line with the revised EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) standards in force since 1 January 2025, to significantly reduce the pollution load on water bodies.
“Proposed new schemes built to outdated standards must be stopped as they will continue releasing biological and chemical contaminants, including forever chemicals, harming water bodies, wildlife, and public health.
“They also risk a dramatic increase in customer water bills to pay for expensive and avoidable upgrades.”