Yes..the ROD Licence boycott ..and a threat of not paying water bills....or a picket of Severn Trent HQ. ...as an angler and as a citizen/ rate payer and someone concerned with our river environments.
The CEO of Severn Trent Water should face Criminal Charges along with any other CEO of any water or utilities companies, they're just blatantly ignoring all laws and environmental policies thinking or knowing that they are Untouchable above the Law.
This is absolutely disgusting, the state of this country that we allow this to happen. It’s embarrassing we have so little power to hold them accountable and the local governments do nothing to stop it. It shouldn’t matter what party you support everyone should be behind stopping this environmental destruction. Thank you for capturing it on film.
The club must engage either a Civil action or call on Fish Legal if members of the Trust and bring the Utility to heal where possible. Hope the EA have had a phone call at least at the time observed
I'm a member of Lymm Angling with stretches of the Severn above this stretch but I have fished the Buildwas stretch, just below Cressage, as a 'Guest Club' in a set of matches and this will no doubt affect this stretch and into Ironbridge and beyond - I'm absolutely appalled by this action and hope Rob reported it to the EA and the local District Council and anyone else who could possibly take action against this shower of Environmental Vandals 🤬.
@@cherryme89 what a coincidence, isn't it? Such a large formation of so-called algae had to be right next to the sewage treatment centre and had to smell like poop :) ... maybe the algae are far right and conspiring against authorities 🤣
Absolutely disgrace and I’ll bet the directors of Severn/Trent water authority have received a massive bonus this year on top of their already inflated salaries. Reward for abject failure. !!!!!!
They simply don’t care. Yet household water bills continue to increase, their dividends are at an all time high and their CEO is happy with their progress and her £3.2m salary…
This is probably one of the reasons they want a close season, as anglers don't then see this happening, all credit to You for showing this utter corporate murder of the water system.
@@keithwilliams1853 "THEY" been the corporate severn trent morons that are more interested in profit than doing the operations they are over paid to do, it is not only ST but all of the corporations that have taken over what was WE the PEOPLES water systems on the cheap and are just cash generators for corporations.
Hi rob. Have you been to Coalport lately? Is the sewage affecting there? Thanks. We are planning on fishing there in a couple of weeks but if it’s bad we won’t bother.
There was a pipe into the Tees estuary that would often get welded shut by Greenpeace, coming from the ol' ICI factory. As much as I don't like Greenpeace (they're eco terrorists) they acted and implemented change.
A very lame and pointless suggestion - one made by many who when asked if they would fish without a licence or contribute to the fines of those they influence- the answers “No!” That’s both cowardice and crass stupidity. Doing a boycott won’t influence Severn Trent in any way and rod licence funds are ring fenced to fisheries tasks and operations alone. So what’s the benefit of a boycott that can gain you a criminal record and severe implications for any employment queries, official applications, insurance claims etc? You clearly out of touch with reality.
Saying yes is one thing- actually committing it to action is a question of reality. Like so much in angling, it’s all words and so little real commitment to protecting our sport and apathy rules. If all the commentators wrote to The PM’s office directly and copied their letters to both the BBC and ITV before the elections, that will highlight the problem for real. Nailing the Canvassing MP and wannabes as to what they will actually do in office and being held to their word is also vital along with the warning if they fail to deliver will be public exposure as having lied to gain votes. Todays BBC news carries a big pollution repirt
@@keithwilliams1853 having worked for the environment agency I've experienced first hand the self serving jobs worths that sit behind desks doing nothing to help with the current water quality issues. Rod licence money is distributed throughout the departments as middle management feels fit without addressing the serious issues within the industry. Each water authority "lease's" their abstraction and discharge licence from the government and turns that water into massive, and I mean massive profits (Yorkshire water made £54 million from a £100,000 licence when I was there). A boycott would raise these issues with the people of Britain and hopefully get a serious shake up of the middle man (the EA). With regards my take on reality, I've been trained as a fisheries scientist but since left the industry (and the country ((I've become European)) as banging my head against a brick wall becomes tiresome and just gave me a headache. Personally I don't really care about the UK anymore, it's fuelled by greed, Nobody has balls or a spine. Swim in sewage if you want. It's your river, not mine. Do nothing if you want, I really couldn't care less. A rod licence boycott is needed but won't happen because the people of Britain are pussies.
Population explosion in our country has put to much pressure on our mostly Victorian infrastructure turning our rivers and even canals into open sewers wiping out wildlife causing irreparable damage to the bio diversity of our waterways and at such a delicate time of year when fish are spawning and it’s happening nationwide it is an utter disgrace Thanks for the video making people aware
I don't think so it's about non investment,greed and privatisation! If a person keeps breaking the rules and gets away with it then they keep on doing it. These companies are not even keeping checks on our drinking water! I don't see any of these issues being brought up or questioned in the political parties manifestos do you?
Actually less than 10% of our sewers are Victorian. This was a like spun by the politician Water UK chose as its spokesperson. It’s bollocks. They made a choice to under invest. And it kept happening. I live in a new city called Milton Keynes. All new houses with modern sewers. And our River Great Ouse is polluted to hell and one of the worst. Shocking and absolutely shocking.
I disagree with this premise blaming population explosion for the piss poor way that water companies are mistreating the disposal of sewage. It is without doubt the lack reinvestment back into the infrastructure of the industry. You sir must work for a vested interest to attempt to create a distraction to something so obvious.
It’ seems The discharge had ceased and wasn’t filmed in progress - all we got is the foaming outcome. Not sufficient for evidential purposes nor is the smell that remains evident !
But what does the environment agency do about these incidents,we keep hearing what they do for fisheries and fish protection and banning anglers in a closed season to protect fish but these agency officers see this every day but do nothing when this type of abuse is killing fish and the habitat! Oh yer nick someone fishing cos its easy but the truth is its not even safe to paddle in these rivers so what are we getting for our licence money? It's all bollocks!
You fail to note as an angler that the EA has multiple departments and Pollutions are managed by their Environment Officers who are not out patrolling rivers mile by mile as its not possible. The issue is one of a lack of resources, manpower and funding, all caused by the likes of your MP, who is one of many thats failed to correct the failings in legislation and thus allow the water companies to pollute at will. Point the finger at the real problem and maybe anglers will get a better outcome. Rod licence income is ring fenced to fisheries project, fish rearing and enforcement by a vastly reduced force. If you have any better suggestion, feel free to tell your MP and copy it into the EA.
The same is happening at beaches and coasts around the UK. There is an app that you can download that kits you know where and how many and how large sewage dumps are happening in an area. It is good to have if you're fishing, partaking in water sports or going for a swim at the beach. It is disgusting and embarrassing that this is allowed to happen.
I started Fishing last year on the Severn at Shrewsbury and the Sewage problem was a huge eye opener. It's shameful and fingers crossed a change in government will help
On the irwell in lancs we have this , it's detergents causing the foam and these are possible worse than the crud ! . Above it there isn't one till source and the water and pebbles ect are clean ! Tho some still gets in from old systems which foul water is connected to storm or top water ! Another major issue
Absolutely disgusting. It seems as though the water companies are only interested in paying out dividends to their shareholders and Chief Executives huge annual bonuses. There was a recent vote in Parliament on a proposal to make Chief Executives of water companies personally and criminally liable for these sewerage discharges. Labour abstained totally and all bar about 17 Conservative MPs voted ' against ' !
Disgraceful.. wrote about severn trent to our local tory MP (Craig williams). Montgomery. His reply was "what's the alternative" 😮💨 Absolutely heart breaking, so close to course season.
@@nickpricefishing They will only prosecute if the evidence was real, tangible and formal pollution samples taken by an Authorised trained officer. Were you not aware?
@@keithwilliams1853 Yes Keith I was aware of those evidential requirements. I just was hoping Rob would have at least reported it to some 'authority' who might be willing or able to take action by sampling the 'pollution' and proving where the origin was.
@@nickpricefishing The evidential requirement is a 1 litre glass bottle and a sample taken from the discharging pipe " At the time" of the event and this becomes the sample for evidential analysis. Part of that sample is served on the polluter who has to sign a specific document to acknowledge receipt. The Job is a lot more complex than many of the posters here can actually appreciate.
I am sure this will be an unjustified illegal discharge.. not excessive rainfall or meeting the other criteria. Needs reporting to the EA asap by the controlling club
Well... this is how you can get away with it: you reduce the budget of the Environment Agency to a fraction of what it was, then to compensate for lack of checks, you allow the water companies to do their own water testing and just to make sure it is all right and above board, the water company only needs to submit the two best results out of ten tests. Sounds like a plan? A little research will tell you that this is happening.
Who's going to pay for the concrete? Who's going to pump it in? (A criminal act). Concrete is more of a pollutant than shit anyway. The shit will just overflow anyway and then you're just stood in a big pile of shit. Think about it, work together with other anglers,
Unfortunately, the way it seems is that it may well take a death or serious health outbreak for anything to be done!!!! And even then i'm afraid that nothing will be done. Its not just severn trent either and these companies are litteraly poisening us, the environment and even themselves......competely and utterly disgracefull
This is appalling, disgusting. This us why I wont swim in the River, the lajes are cleaner!! Please send it to Councillors and MP, something for them to act on whilst its election time. Let's get our monies worth out of them...make them work.
This is ridiculous they need to get in the river and clean all of it up as they have put it there if you don't clean up after your dog you get finned drop litter you get finned on tv a couple of weeks ago a woman was finned 200 pounds for putting an envelope in the wrong bin so how does this work
Whatever government is in power, The person responsible for the environment needs to GROW SOME and get this sorted. There is NO excuse, they are NOT doing their job "do it or resign"
The Angling comminity across all rivers in England and Wales must demand that at the worst known hotspots Water Quality Monitoring System (WQMS) which is a facility to measure pollutants such as Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Total Phosphates (TP), Total Nitrogen (TN) etc. The required parameters are customized according to the type of factory and discharge regulations. Invariably this would mean the deployment of a A smart water monitoring system that uses several sensors to detect water quality. However, the top 5 sensors used in water quality monitoring systems are- pH sensor, turbidity sensor, TDS sensor, chloride sensor, and temperature sensor, not cheap and would have to be Vandal proofed and collected evidence collated on a daily regular basis. Then Prosecutions would be fully supported by real evidence.
Why aren’t we taking action as a group!! I cannot imagine any other developed nation allowing this, the French wouldn’t tolerate it for sure and as a regular visitor to North America, their lakes and rivers are pristine. About time we took action and started blocking and disrupting these outflows.
It doesn't look too bad from the drone footage as you can see that most of the river is clear. But some of the views are disgusting. Especially under the bushes. I am glad i am not a moorhen or other creature in the mucky bits of this river. Thank you for the video.
Its criminal what they have been pumping into the rivers last few years and hopefully these water company bosses get the jail time they deserve sooner rather than later
£3.2m well spent on the Chief Execs salary! The EA is toothless- deprived of £ and. Staff. Fish Legal need to be able to demonstrate damage and if it doesn’t result in an acute fish kill how do they do that? Privatisation of an essential utility as a monopoly and a weak regulatory framework was a disaster waiting to happen. WHAT WILL YOUR MP DO? If the past is any thing to go by NOTHING!!
Un fortunately when MP's wont even back one of their own (phil dune mp) when he attemps to put bill through parliament to stop this there's no hope 😢😢😢
FYI, while there is a big eddy on that side, just be aware that there is just upstream of the eddy where the exposed rocks are is a gully with storm water outflow, which also serves to drain land upon which the school is built and the recreation field are (former marsh), so is running 24h\day, anyway it seams starting about ~25 years ago, one or more houses fitted toilets that instead of going into the sewer main, instead fed into the storm water main, but as it is only 1 or 2 toilets its no great priority, and as such ends up in the river just above the eddy, I gave up complaining, as there is ambiguity over responsibility, myself as landowner of the gully I cant force the council or ST to do anything. that pipe you see can only output treated water, it cant output any solids etc, and is only in operation as an overflow when treated water is inundated and soakaways cant cope. its an easy target to blame ST given then antics of some water company's more than others, but keep in mind as that eddy has been a feature there for the almost half century of my recollection when the river it low, it has always attracted the development of "scum" before that pipe even existed, though back then the river would on-average be higher for most of the year.
I've fished that lovely length some years ago This is absolutely diabolical but nothing seems to happen!!Thanks for raising this all in the name of big boss salaries and investors disgusting!!
All fisherman who see this should get a few together and concrete up the pipes, this will cause a backup in there system. THIS IS A DISGRACE. ALSO REPORT IT.
One wonders what would happen if the pipe is blocked with concrete or whatever so it cannot discharge its evil mixture direct into the river. Let's hope the fish have moved away and that the flora and fauna recover.
Would it be possible to speak to legal, and a gang of you make statements to the police re possible criminal damage to the value of you're fishing rights. Don't think you will get anywhere with damage to fish because no one owns them! Just a thought.
Ray Walton and the Barbel Society have jointly been saying that exactly and asking all anglers to support the case for many years. Unfortunately the sport has a bad case of apathy and they have been so badly ignored. Now look where we are !
Doesn’t look like a pipe from a waste water processing site. I use to fish in the foam from next to the outlet and catch great barbel, doubt it’s untreated if it i. Being controversial everyone is outraged but no one wants to pay more for our water bills to solve it. It’s the most valuable resource that takes a significant amount of cost/energy to handle clean and waste water . Most people are happy to spend twice the amount fuelling their cars each month than they pay for water each year. Also the regulator bureaucracies Ofwat etc are killing water companies with their broken policies. They penalise companies if they can’t meet targets by not allowing them to increase prices, hence water companies struggle to gain and invest for the future and achieve all targets. In the meantime uncontrolled immigration and ridiculous population growth since Blair’s incompetence have put massive pressure on water, nhs, benefits, housing, security, transport, education and utilities. It’s complex
Yes..the ROD Licence boycott ..and a threat of not paying water bills....or a picket of Severn Trent HQ.
...as an angler and as a citizen/ rate payer and someone concerned with our river environments.
The CEO of Severn Trent Water should face Criminal Charges along with any other CEO of any water or utilities companies, they're just blatantly ignoring all laws and environmental policies thinking or knowing that they are Untouchable above the Law.
The CEO should be forced to swim in it.
@@eyybabyj1397 Then drink it everyday until the problem is fixed
This is absolutely disgusting, the state of this country that we allow this to happen. It’s embarrassing we have so little power to hold them accountable and the local governments do nothing to stop it. It shouldn’t matter what party you support everyone should be behind stopping this environmental destruction. Thank you for capturing it on film.
EA have confirmed it's algae...
What is happening to our country?
No standards only greed!
That's the truth right there! ☝️
Truth is it's algae.....@@fishingsammystyle8682
I'm a member of Leighton Anglers Society and this is our stretch. I've just sent a message to our Secretary. Our members will be appalled by this Rob.
The club must engage either a Civil action or call on Fish Legal if members of the Trust and bring the Utility to heal where possible. Hope the EA have had a phone call at least at the time observed
I'm a member of Lymm Angling with stretches of the Severn above this stretch but I have fished the Buildwas stretch, just below Cressage, as a 'Guest Club' in a set of matches and this will no doubt affect this stretch and into Ironbridge and beyond - I'm absolutely appalled by this action and hope Rob reported it to the EA and the local District Council and anyone else who could possibly take action against this shower of Environmental Vandals 🤬.
This will also affect the Prince Albert waters in the same area 😢😢 😡
It’s a problem that affects all clubs not just the PAAS
Update for your secretary. EA have confirmed it was algae. See BBC.
Did you contact the Environment Agency???
Yes, they've confirmed it's algae...
@@cherryme89 what a coincidence, isn't it? Such a large formation of so-called algae had to be right next to the sewage treatment centre and had to smell like poop :) ... maybe the algae are far right and conspiring against authorities 🤣
Absolutely disgrace and I’ll bet the directors of Severn/Trent water authority have received a massive bonus this year on top of their already inflated salaries. Reward for abject failure. !!!!!!
They simply don’t care. Yet household water bills continue to increase, their dividends are at an all time high and their CEO is happy with their progress and her £3.2m salary…
You should send this to BBC and ITV.
BBC are reporting it as algae...
This is probably one of the reasons they want a close season, as anglers don't then see this happening, all credit to You for showing this utter corporate murder of the water system.
who's " They"? your point of view seem's one of either paranoia or a copying comments from others.
@@keithwilliams1853 "THEY" been the corporate severn trent morons that are more interested in profit than doing the operations they are over paid to do, it is not only ST but all of the corporations that have taken over what was WE the PEOPLES water systems on the cheap and are just cash generators for corporations.
It's confirmed algae. All you've confirmed is you've jumped on the band wagon....
That is utterly shameful from Severn trent, ridiculous
EA have confirmed it's algae...
Hi rob. Have you been to Coalport lately? Is the sewage affecting there? Thanks. We are planning on fishing there in a couple of weeks but if it’s bad we won’t bother.
I’ve not been in recent weeks but suspect it should be fishable. Good luck 👍🎣
Concrete the f**king pipe!!
Really! Then we get nicked for criminal damage not them!
@robertwren8878 let's just leave it then. I'm sure it will stop
There was a pipe into the Tees estuary that would often get welded shut by Greenpeace, coming from the ol' ICI factory. As much as I don't like Greenpeace (they're eco terrorists) they acted and implemented change.
Boycott rod licences until things change!
A very lame and pointless suggestion - one made by many who when asked if they would fish without a licence or contribute to the fines of those they influence- the answers “No!”
That’s both cowardice and crass stupidity.
Doing a boycott won’t influence Severn Trent in any way and rod licence funds are ring fenced to fisheries tasks and operations alone.
So what’s the benefit of a boycott that can gain you a criminal record and severe implications for any employment queries, official applications, insurance claims etc?
You clearly out of touch with reality.
@@keithwilliams1853 there are many who answer yes to both of your questions, and it would most definatley shine a light on the problem.
Saying yes is one thing- actually committing it to action is a question of reality.
Like so much in angling, it’s all words and so little real commitment to protecting our sport and apathy rules.
If all the commentators wrote to The PM’s office directly and copied their letters to both the BBC and ITV before the elections, that will highlight the problem for real.
Nailing the Canvassing MP and wannabes as to what they will actually do in office and being held to their word is also vital along with the warning if they fail to deliver will be public exposure as having lied to gain votes.
Todays BBC news carries a big pollution repirt
@@keithwilliams1853 having worked for the environment agency I've experienced first hand the self serving jobs worths that sit behind desks doing nothing to help with the current water quality issues. Rod licence money is distributed throughout the departments as middle management feels fit without addressing the serious issues within the industry. Each water authority "lease's" their abstraction and discharge licence from the government and turns that water into massive, and I mean massive profits (Yorkshire water made £54 million from a £100,000 licence when I was there). A boycott would raise these issues with the people of Britain and hopefully get a serious shake up of the middle man (the EA).
With regards my take on reality, I've been trained as a fisheries scientist but since left the industry (and the country ((I've become European)) as banging my head against a brick wall becomes tiresome and just gave me a headache.
Personally I don't really care about the UK anymore, it's fuelled by greed, Nobody has balls or a spine. Swim in sewage if you want. It's your river, not mine. Do nothing if you want, I really couldn't care less. A rod licence boycott is needed but won't happen because the people of Britain are pussies.
EA have to start putting some sort of pressure through the Government and onto the water companies . So angry😢
This is being reported on the bbc and Shropshire star websites. I'd share links but TH-cam keeps deleting them
Population explosion in our country has put to much pressure on our mostly Victorian infrastructure turning our rivers and even canals into open sewers wiping out wildlife causing irreparable damage to the bio diversity of our waterways and at such a delicate time of year when fish are spawning and it’s happening nationwide it is an utter disgrace
Thanks for the video making people aware
I don't think so it's about non investment,greed and privatisation! If a person keeps breaking the rules and gets away with it then they keep on doing it. These companies are not even keeping checks on our drinking water! I don't see any of these issues being brought up or questioned in the political parties manifestos do you?
@@robertwren8878 yes agreed another valid point 👍🏼
Actually less than 10% of our sewers are Victorian. This was a like spun by the politician Water UK chose as its spokesperson. It’s bollocks.
They made a choice to under invest. And it kept happening.
I live in a new city called Milton Keynes. All new houses with modern sewers. And our River Great Ouse is polluted to hell and one of the worst. Shocking and absolutely shocking.
I disagree with this premise blaming population explosion for the piss poor way that water companies are mistreating the disposal of sewage. It is without doubt the lack reinvestment back into the infrastructure of the industry. You sir must work for a vested interest to attempt to create a distraction to something so obvious.
@@gagreflex1933 looks like where singing from the same song sheet pal tbh
It’ seems The discharge had ceased and wasn’t filmed in progress - all we got is the foaming outcome.
Not sufficient for evidential purposes nor is the smell that remains evident !
It is not sewage.
Absolutely disgraceful, Seven Trent just don’t care. If they do get fined they will just pass it on to us customers
Absolutely disgraceful. Somebody needs to be held responsible for this.
How long will it be before water is unsafe?
But what does the environment agency do about these incidents,we keep hearing what they do for fisheries and fish protection and banning anglers in a closed season to protect fish but these agency officers see this every day but do nothing when this type of abuse is killing fish and the habitat! Oh yer nick someone fishing cos its easy but the truth is its not even safe to paddle in these rivers so what are we getting for our licence money? It's all bollocks!
You fail to note as an angler that the EA has multiple departments and Pollutions are managed by their Environment Officers who are not out patrolling rivers mile by mile as its not possible. The issue is one of a lack of resources, manpower and funding, all caused by the likes of your MP, who is one of many thats failed to correct the failings in legislation and thus allow the water companies to pollute at will. Point the finger at the real problem and maybe anglers will get a better outcome. Rod licence income is ring fenced to fisheries project, fish rearing and enforcement by a vastly reduced force. If you have any better suggestion, feel free to tell your MP and copy it into the EA.
Fergal Sharkey should see this, he's a high profile campaigner for cleaning up our rivers
The same is happening at beaches and coasts around the UK. There is an app that you can download that kits you know where and how many and how large sewage dumps are happening in an area. It is good to have if you're fishing, partaking in water sports or going for a swim at the beach. It is disgusting and embarrassing that this is allowed to happen.
shocking. Well done for spotting it Rob
I started Fishing last year on the Severn at Shrewsbury and the Sewage problem was a huge eye opener. It's shameful and fingers crossed a change in government will help
Trouble is this is happening country wide.
APPALLING
I'm a Leighton angling club member, having fished at Cressage for the last ten years, this is a common sight every year.
There must be a way to report this kind of contamination. Utterly disgraceful!
I live at Arley, the river stinks of sewage on a regular basis. Personally I've stopped fishing it despite it being on my doorstep.
On the irwell in lancs we have this , it's detergents causing the foam and these are possible worse than the crud ! . Above it there isn't one till source and the water and pebbles ect are clean ! Tho some still gets in from old systems which foul water is connected to storm or top water ! Another major issue
Absolutely disgraceful. Well done, Rob, for showing this
Bloody hell mate, that’s awful. The drone footage really shows how bad it is 😡. Was it reported or called in at all?
It's gutting mate and dis heartening to think that this is allowed to happen.
Absolutely disgusting. It seems as though the water companies are only interested in paying out dividends to their shareholders and Chief Executives huge annual bonuses.
There was a recent vote in Parliament on a proposal to make Chief Executives of water companies personally and criminally liable for these sewerage discharges. Labour abstained totally and all bar about 17 Conservative MPs voted ' against ' !
powerful and important video Rob.
Disgraceful.. wrote about severn trent to our local tory MP (Craig williams). Montgomery.
His reply was "what's the alternative" 😮💨
Absolutely heart breaking, so close to course season.
Hope you have reported this to the Environment agency and national rivers Authorities 👍
Where have you been ..?
NRA closed down in1996
@@keithwilliams1853 Over seas that's all I can say 👍
Send to local press...and Angling Trust.
The Trust does bring court cases .
As water amenity users time for us anglers to get canoeists on our side ..
I’ve sent this video to the EA via instagram. Let’s hope they prosecute.
Well done 👍 - but I doubt they will have much luck trying to prosecute if indeed they even try 😡
@@nickpricefishing They will only prosecute if the evidence was real, tangible and formal pollution samples taken by an Authorised trained officer. Were you not aware?
@@keithwilliams1853 Yes Keith I was aware of those evidential requirements. I just was hoping Rob would have at least reported it to some 'authority' who might be willing or able to take action by sampling the 'pollution' and proving where the origin was.
@@nickpricefishing The evidential requirement is a 1 litre glass bottle and a sample taken from the discharging pipe " At the time" of the event and this becomes the sample for evidential analysis. Part of that sample is served on the polluter who has to sign a specific document to acknowledge receipt. The Job is a lot more complex than many of the posters here can actually appreciate.
As a member of Leighton Anglers I will not be fishing there until this is dealt with, hopefully someone will be taken to court about this problem.
I am sure this will be an unjustified illegal discharge.. not excessive rainfall or meeting the other criteria. Needs reporting to the EA asap by the controlling club
Disgusting. And this is happening all over the country
Worry not! According to Starmer he's going to sort it when he's in. Yeah right! (Concrete will block the pipe!)
You get what you vote for ,good old Maggie
Tories privatised the water companies but don't let facts get in the way 'eh🙄
Isn't he the guy that fixed it for his Pal " Jimmy" at the Beeb ?
Well... this is how you can get away with it: you reduce the budget of the Environment Agency to a fraction of what it was, then to compensate for lack of checks, you allow the water companies to do their own water testing and just to make sure it is all right and above board, the water company only needs to submit the two best results out of ten tests.
Sounds like a plan? A little research will tell you that this is happening.
Should block all the pipes up, what a set of scumbags killing all our rivers off
Someone needs to pump concrete into the pipe!
Who's going to pay for the concrete? Who's going to pump it in? (A criminal act). Concrete is more of a pollutant than shit anyway.
The shit will just overflow anyway and then you're just stood in a big pile of shit.
Think about it, work together with other anglers,
@@ppauline1515 Then it all backs up into the streets and houses.
Unfortunately, the way it seems is that it may well take a death or serious health outbreak for anything to be done!!!! And even then i'm afraid that nothing will be done. Its not just severn trent either and these companies are litteraly poisening us, the environment and even themselves......competely and utterly disgracefull
They should all be locked up. It is totally unacceptable I sincerely agree.
This is appalling, disgusting. This us why I wont swim in the River, the lajes are cleaner!! Please send it to Councillors and MP, something for them to act on whilst its election time. Let's get our monies worth out of them...make them work.
Just been disclosed that the CEO of Severn Trent (Liv Garfield ) received more than 3 million pounds last year in salary and bonuses ffs😮
GREED AGAIN.
Has anyone contacted the environmental agency and angling trust?
Surely this footage gives grounds for prosecution, dont understand how they can do this with no conscience
This is ridiculous they need to get in the river and clean all of it up as they have put it there if you don't clean up after your dog you get finned drop litter you get finned on tv a couple of weeks ago a woman was finned 200 pounds for putting an envelope in the wrong bin so how does this work
Whatever government is in power, The person responsible for the environment needs to GROW SOME and get this sorted. There is NO excuse, they are NOT doing their job "do it or resign"
Disgrace all water companies interested in is the shareholders ! Humans are wrecking the world 😡
You get what you vote for good old Maggie
This is so sad to see... how can this be possible. allowed to discharge this into river at all.. and to think there won't be consequences somewhere..
Contact the environment agency.
The Angling comminity across all rivers in England and Wales must demand that at the worst known hotspots Water Quality Monitoring System (WQMS) which is a facility to measure pollutants such as Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Total Phosphates (TP), Total Nitrogen (TN) etc. The required parameters are customized according to the type of factory and discharge regulations. Invariably this would mean the deployment of a A smart water monitoring system that uses several sensors to detect water quality. However, the top 5 sensors used in water quality monitoring systems are- pH sensor, turbidity sensor, TDS sensor, chloride sensor, and temperature sensor, not cheap and would have to be Vandal proofed and collected evidence collated on a daily regular basis. Then Prosecutions would be fully supported by real evidence.
An absolute disgrace I hope they get fined and named and shamed
I PRESUME YOU ARE GOING TO SEND THE FILM TO THE AUTHORITIES TO DEAL WITH THIS ALTHOUGH SEVERN TRENT WILL GIVE THE USUAL WAFFLE
Heartbreaking. Why aren't those responsible prosecuted!
Criminal charges should be levelled
Why aren’t we taking action as a group!!
I cannot imagine any other developed nation allowing this, the French wouldn’t tolerate it for sure and as a regular visitor to North America, their lakes and rivers are pristine. About time we took action and started blocking and disrupting these outflows.
It doesn't look too bad from the drone footage as you can see that most of the river is clear. But some of the views are disgusting. Especially under the bushes. I am glad i am not a moorhen or other creature in the mucky bits of this river.
Thank you for the video.
I thought this had stopped happening now see they dont care about fines for discharging in rivers 😢
Its criminal what they have been pumping into the rivers last few years and hopefully these water company bosses get the jail time they deserve sooner rather than later
£3.2m well spent on the Chief Execs salary! The EA is toothless- deprived of £ and. Staff.
Fish Legal need to be able to demonstrate damage and if it doesn’t result in an acute fish kill how do they do that?
Privatisation of an essential utility as a monopoly and a weak regulatory framework was a disaster waiting to happen.
WHAT WILL YOUR MP DO? If the past is any thing to go by NOTHING!!
Un fortunately when MP's wont even back one of their own (phil dune mp) when he attemps to put bill through parliament to stop this there's no hope 😢😢😢
FYI, while there is a big eddy on that side, just be aware that there is just upstream of the eddy where the exposed rocks are is a gully with storm water outflow, which also serves to drain land upon which the school is built and the recreation field are (former marsh), so is running 24h\day, anyway it seams starting about ~25 years ago, one or more houses fitted toilets that instead of going into the sewer main, instead fed into the storm water main, but as it is only 1 or 2 toilets its no great priority, and as such ends up in the river just above the eddy, I gave up complaining, as there is ambiguity over responsibility, myself as landowner of the gully I cant force the council or ST to do anything.
that pipe you see can only output treated water, it cant output any solids etc, and is only in operation as an overflow when treated water is inundated and soakaways cant cope.
its an easy target to blame ST given then antics of some water company's more than others, but keep in mind as that eddy has been a feature there for the almost half century of my recollection when the river it low, it has always attracted the development of "scum" before that pipe even existed, though back then the river would on-average be higher for most of the year.
get them in jail and there fat bonus put back to restocking or get things cleared up makes me sick
Absolutely disgusting mate, thanks for sharing
Block up the pipe😢😢
Severn Trent prosecuting everyone and they are doing this
what they prosecuting people for.....many would like to know!
Disgusting,the river system will die before anything is done about it.but us brits will just have a little moan and put up with it.
I've fished that lovely length some years ago This is absolutely diabolical but nothing seems to happen!!Thanks for raising this all in the name of big boss salaries and investors disgusting!!
Shocking how we've fallen so low.
All fisherman who see this should get a few together and concrete up the pipes, this will cause a backup in there system. THIS IS A DISGRACE. ALSO REPORT IT.
Great interesting video mate
As I said, common sight every summer, a natural accuranc, not Sewage, class .
And from there to the sea ... disgusting !!
like you say Rob, things like that should not happen in this day n age...terrible sight.
As long as they make massive profits for the share holders they don't care.
One wonders what would happen if the pipe is blocked with concrete or whatever so it cannot discharge its evil mixture direct into the river. Let's hope the fish have moved away and that the flora and fauna recover.
Well done for highlighting this. Just another example of the fat cats getting fatter. You don't notice this when you're in the Cayman islands.
Email Severn Trent expressing your disgust, and use the term “Formal Complaint” in the title. We are all customers in the ST watershed
Disgusting from severn Trent 🤬🤬
I would imagine your water authority is owned by Americans.
Would it be possible to speak to legal, and a gang of you make statements to the police re possible criminal damage to the value of you're fishing rights.
Don't think you will get anywhere with damage to fish because no one owns them! Just a thought.
Big business. Money is king sod the environment 😢. I pray something will change in the next parliament but im not holding my breath😞
....and then it's found not to be sewage 😂😂
Update. EA have confirmed it's algae
Disgusting
Appalling!
What's there excuse this time. Disgusting
🙈🙈im after good barbel this season not shitty ones 🙈😡😡
And why the fuck are we paying these companies we need to come together and Boycott them
Ray Walton and the Barbel Society have jointly been saying that exactly and asking all anglers to support the case for many years. Unfortunately the sport has a bad case of apathy and they have been so badly ignored. Now look where we are !
Doesn’t look like a pipe from a waste water processing site. I use to fish in the foam from next to the outlet and catch great barbel, doubt it’s untreated if it i. Being controversial everyone is outraged but no one wants to pay more for our water bills to solve it. It’s the most valuable resource that takes a significant amount of cost/energy to handle clean and waste water . Most people are happy to spend twice the amount fuelling their cars each month than they pay for water each year. Also the regulator bureaucracies Ofwat etc are killing water companies with their broken policies. They penalise companies if they can’t meet targets by not allowing them to increase prices, hence water companies struggle to gain and invest for the future and achieve all targets. In the meantime uncontrolled immigration and ridiculous population growth since Blair’s incompetence have put massive pressure on water, nhs, benefits, housing, security, transport, education and utilities. It’s complex
This is FUBAR