I had no idea. Tragic. Here in Seattle all sewage is treated before being released into Puget Sound. That’s why we still get salmon and Orca whales sharing the waterway. This should have been done decades ago on the Thames.
Cities like London, the financial capital of the world, can afford to create effective sewage treatment plants. As acknowledged, the current sewage system is over a hundred years old. Put development assessments on all those foreign owner town houses and mansions and make them pay for any new development causing new waste.
The Thames is considered to be the cleanest river in the world that flows through a major city. The Thames is home to 125 species of fish and more than 400 invertebrates.
Excuse me 1:30 mins into the video and you have not mentioned if the sewers pour directly into the river or it goes to a water treatment plant before doing so.
It is actually very clean. The water is fast and it gets flushed out. There are salmon and dolphins in the Thames. Sign of a cleaner river. But yes. Cities should respect their waterways more. China and India just dump millions of tonnes of waste and plastics down theirs every year.
It's time! As stewards of the planet, it's morally the right thing to do, regardless of the cost. We have a river flowing through our city, it is clean, has a good fish population. Folks would be horrified, if there were turds floating down the river. From somewhere in British Columbia Canada.
I am just a regular person with a small suggestion if on a amaller scale maybe it would help to put glass and plastic recycling bins down at the for shore .i watch certain mudlarkers that are always cleaning plastic and trash when they find it .its nice to see the pride in the Thames .i live in America but I would like to live in the uk.good luck with this new project.
Yes, it is! Really DISGUSTING... I think this video should have a WARNING NOTE at the beginning, just like the one they put before an explicit violence or sex content scene.
Would be nice if Londoners on a hot day could just jump in the Thames. Here in Amsterdam we have allways swimming water within about a hundred meters. A large cafe on the Amstel actually has a ladder so that costomers can swim.
I have read some where in a Indian newspaper about the complete cleaning of the Thames. It's because of the Character of the English people to keep their inheritance clean as they do not believe in fatalism nor have ever. As those whom they ruled' the Indians ' still do & we can see this in the Coronavirus times on the mightiest & once considered the holiest of rivers 'the Ganges' This feature of the British people can be seen in there preversed Heritage sites of even the Elizabethan times e.g. Shakespeare birthplace " Stratford - upon - Avon, The Sherwood forest, Dover limestone cliffs 🤣😂👍👍, hurray for the British people at least they have retained some sense of their past which Indians & particularly the Hindutva types are ill equipped to . 🤣😂
It would surprise me if the English would clean up their act. My mother warned me, not to lend my cleaning services to British, French, Russians, Asians and Americans as these are prone not to clean up themselves. In these cultures they think that not everybody should themselves clean up, but only designated lower classes. If the environment is not on the mind of a people, it is the environment that will time and again will decimate that people. It depends on the people and it depends on its politicians. Not willing to have to answer to someone (Brussels) is what caused the Brexit. Proud people keep making the same mistakes again and again. It is the attitude of a people that will determine its well being. And well being starts with cleanliness. I never had problems finding employers, being Dutch. My being male was not a problem. But I welcome the idea of finally cleaning up the Thames. I live by a river (Overijsselse Vecht) myself, that still is too filthy, even though most sewage doesn't get into the water. Algae is missing because the sediments contain Arsenic of industrial waste of 40 years ago. This is one of those rivers that is cleaner downstream than upstream. The Thames will take a hundred years to get clean, after all sewage is diverted. Start also offering free sewage and garbage disposal for all river traffic, or the Thames will never get clean. And for once, learn from the experiences of other people and swallow your pride and act like you should. It is pride that keeps you swimming in your own shit.
Hey pal ! Don't throw US into the same shit pool as you state ! Without studying a lot of history, I can tell my earliest memories of smelling a stink in the air, was in 1962 (I was 4) and it came from the county Waste Treatment plant across town, 10 miles away. I'm in Dayton Oh
The Thames is the cleanest river running through any major city in the world, there's 125 species of fish, you need to look closer to home, i've smelled the stinking cannels in Holland, though i've heard you have Asians cleaning them for you. The Netherlands has the lowest proportion of 'excellent' bathing waters in Western Europe, according to the latest report by the European ...
I smell government charm offensive , what about the coastal sewage discharges, agricultural run off us as much of a problem for aquatic life, more needs to be done
hope that it happens to be made in a way that it can survive through time too, since if it is a hassle getting enough money for the welfare of so many people then how much more will it be when people just forget that the system exists and they rather would like to pay for less large immediate payments then pay less in the long run.
And yet it's the cleanest river of any major city in the world. Not that it's any excuse of course. Better can and should be done. And is being, it seems.
Ok I’m not smart in this kinda stuff so sorry if this makes no sense whatsoever, just help improve the idea or give facts, anything to help the river. Sewage should be sent to a chamber that pushes the contaminated water through a filter that is ran of a little electricity and mostly water power (from the sewage flow and a little bit of tax to pay for electricity) once the contaminated water is mostly cleaned from the filter (filter should have natural unharming chemicals that’ll kill bacteria and stop waste from moving through) it can be moved onto another chamber to check that the water is safe. If that load of water is safe for everyone and animals then it can be let out into the river, if not, it should be treated with other chemicals (whatever they need to do to make it safe and clean) and either sent to the river or sold to water companies. Sorry if this makes no sense or would never work, please give constructive feedback or help improve the idea or add a new idea
Beautiful city. One of the greatest in the world. Amazing river. Not as clean as they intend to make it, but still the cleanest of any major city. I was more than happy on my boat tour, listening to a 12 piece orchestra and eating my delicious food. No funny smells, or gasses... just a romantic afternoon. London is the torch of democracy. A symbol of the free world. Home of the houses of parliament, that great and noble institution which has stood for so long. If you wanna fire off go pick on Venice or Beijing lol
The Rhine which runs through the German Ruhr and used to be completely dead in the 70's is much much cleaner. There's salmon and surgeon in the Rhine and people swimming in it too. Cost a bundle to clean up but totally worth it.
Okay, it's going to Beckton works where it gets treated, and then what? You're still dumping millions of gallons of sewage into the water, it just goes into the ocean instead of the river, not much of an environmental difference is there? The only real difference is how it affects us
Where is your gray water system for the home, neighborhood, ? That water should then go to build up your forestry in the home, mun cicipality, cities. L👀ks like the British are gonna need charcoal again.
I had no idea. Tragic. Here in Seattle all sewage is treated before being released into Puget Sound. That’s why we still get salmon and Orca whales sharing the waterway. This should have been done decades ago on the Thames.
orcas shite in the ocean. i suggest the citizens of seattle do the same. it will help clean up your terribly dirty streets.
Cities like London, the financial capital of the world, can afford to create effective sewage treatment plants. As acknowledged, the current sewage system is over a hundred years old. Put development assessments on all those foreign owner town houses and mansions and make them pay for any new development causing new waste.
@@harperwelch5147 do what Milwaukee Wisconsin does with its sewage. Turn it into fertilizer.
The Thames is considered to be the cleanest river in the world that flows through a major city. The Thames is home to 125 species of fish and more than 400 invertebrates.
This deserves a lot more views
Excuse me 1:30 mins into the video and you have not mentioned if the sewers pour directly into the river or it goes to a water treatment plant before doing so.
That lady doesn't seem to understand how taxes and government funding works.
Yikes. Polluting the river for centuries and still today, hope that project gets done soon.
Mr Fisherman is so charismatic
Why would anyone boat or fish on that river? How has this never been addressed before?
they actually seem quite relaxed about the absolute tragedy, clean that river now!!!!
You should see the Columbia River :.(
White men hardly ever saw it before it was dammed dredged and turned brown.
It is actually very clean. The water is fast and it gets flushed out. There are salmon and dolphins in the Thames. Sign of a cleaner river. But yes. Cities should respect their waterways more. China and India just dump millions of tonnes of waste and plastics down theirs every year.
This was 2 years ago any updates I wonder 🤔
It's time! As stewards of the planet, it's morally the right thing to do, regardless of the cost. We have a river flowing through our city, it is clean, has a good fish population. Folks would be horrified, if there were turds floating down the river. From somewhere in British Columbia Canada.
I am just a regular person with a small suggestion if on a amaller scale maybe it would help to put glass and plastic recycling bins down at the for shore .i watch certain mudlarkers that are always cleaning plastic and trash when they find it .its nice to see the pride in the Thames .i live in America but I would like to live in the uk.good luck with this new project.
"Way way smaller" is that the technical term?
My toilet here in Florida is piped directly to Britain. Omg, the more you know. Amazing!
Very Interesting
2:52 i hope it's not what I think it is.
Yes, it is! Really DISGUSTING...
I think this video should have a WARNING NOTE at the beginning, just like the one they put before an explicit violence or sex content scene.
@@jorgeodelar974 oh dear lord
Wow. What a great idea
Would be nice if Londoners on a hot day could just jump in the Thames. Here in Amsterdam we have allways swimming water within about a hundred meters. A large cafe on the Amstel actually has a ladder so that costomers can swim.
It’s only about £500 per Londoner so it’s not actually that expensive
Once.
And yet everyone in the UK is probably going to need to pay for it, because nothing gets built unless it's in close proximity to london
I am from Poland and definitely i can paid more if needed for the all future population live along riverThames,thats proojects have to be first.
@39 she feel the private companies shouldn't pay ?
I have read some where in a Indian newspaper about the complete cleaning of the Thames. It's because of the Character of the English people to keep their inheritance clean as they do not believe in fatalism nor have ever.
As those whom they ruled' the Indians ' still do & we can see this in the Coronavirus times on the mightiest & once considered the holiest of rivers 'the Ganges'
This feature of the British people can be seen in there preversed Heritage sites of even the Elizabethan times e.g. Shakespeare birthplace " Stratford - upon - Avon, The Sherwood forest, Dover limestone cliffs 🤣😂👍👍, hurray for the British people at least they have retained some sense of their past which Indians & particularly the Hindutva types are ill equipped to . 🤣😂
clean river compared to what we have here in Brazil, rivers in big cities here are 100% toxic
Is this the Thames or the Ganges we're talking about? Raw freaking sewage in a first world city in the 21st century? Egad.
That is the norm and happens in ALL cities across the planet.
Josheph bazeljet would be proud
Sure this is a solution but the Beckton sewage works would need to be expanded otherwise your just moving the problem further down the river
coxswayne, love it.
They thought it was just the river...😴check the tip of the river...review the sea corals and species there.
I remember as a kid back in the day... if you went into the Thames... you had to go to hospital for a Tetanus injection....
It would surprise me if the English would clean up their act. My mother warned me, not to lend my cleaning services to British, French, Russians, Asians and Americans as these are prone not to clean up themselves. In these cultures they think that not everybody should themselves clean up, but only designated lower classes. If the environment is not on the mind of a people, it is the environment that will time and again will decimate that people. It depends on the people and it depends on its politicians. Not willing to have to answer to someone (Brussels) is what caused the Brexit. Proud people keep making the same mistakes again and again. It is the attitude of a people that will determine its well being. And well being starts with cleanliness. I never had problems finding employers, being Dutch. My being male was not a problem. But I welcome the idea of finally cleaning up the Thames. I live by a river (Overijsselse Vecht) myself, that still is too filthy, even though most sewage doesn't get into the water. Algae is missing because the sediments contain Arsenic of industrial waste of 40 years ago. This is one of those rivers that is cleaner downstream than upstream. The Thames will take a hundred years to get clean, after all sewage is diverted. Start also offering free sewage and garbage disposal for all river traffic, or the Thames will never get clean. And for once, learn from the experiences of other people and swallow your pride and act like you should. It is pride that keeps you swimming in your own shit.
Hey pal ! Don't throw US into the same shit pool as you state ! Without studying a lot of history, I can tell my earliest memories of smelling a stink in the air, was in 1962 (I was 4) and it came from the county Waste Treatment plant across town, 10 miles away. I'm in Dayton Oh
The Thames is the cleanest river running through any major city in the world, there's 125 species of fish, you need to look closer to home, i've smelled the stinking cannels in Holland, though i've heard you have Asians cleaning them for you.
The Netherlands has the lowest proportion of 'excellent' bathing waters in Western Europe, according to the latest report by the European ...
India throws their garbage in the streets. North America is spotless compared to India.
I smell government charm offensive , what about the coastal sewage discharges, agricultural run off us as much of a problem for aquatic life, more needs to be done
hope that it happens to be made in a way that it can survive through time too, since if it is a hassle getting enough money for the welfare of so many people then how much more will it be when people just forget that the system exists and they rather would like to pay for less large immediate payments then pay less in the long run.
And yet it's the cleanest river of any major city in the world.
Not that it's any excuse of course. Better can and should be done. And is being, it seems.
It is far from the cleanest river of any major city in the world.
Why is he fishing in filthy???
wait..... they don't have waste treatment facilities in London?? what????
Ok I’m not smart in this kinda stuff so sorry if this makes no sense whatsoever, just help improve the idea or give facts, anything to help the river.
Sewage should be sent to a chamber that pushes the contaminated water through a filter that is ran of a little electricity and mostly water power (from the sewage flow and a little bit of tax to pay for electricity) once the contaminated water is mostly cleaned from the filter (filter should have natural unharming chemicals that’ll kill bacteria and stop waste from moving through) it can be moved onto another chamber to check that the water is safe. If that load of water is safe for everyone and animals then it can be let out into the river, if not, it should be treated with other chemicals (whatever they need to do to make it safe and clean) and either sent to the river or sold to water companies.
Sorry if this makes no sense or would never work, please give constructive feedback or help improve the idea or add a new idea
Do you mean like a water filter? :)
Energy Live News yeah but that’d cost a lot of money
Like Singapore they call it "clean water"
London has always been a filthy place. Same shit for 2 thousand years
1:38 Eastenders
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Starting in 2016 to upgrade a vital system build in 18something............................... That's just shameful.
Seive the sewage, make compost out of the solids then treat the water before releasing it. Job done. They're wasting a valuable resource there.
Flush the toilet and it enters the river? All that raw sewage. How delightful. Fix that already!!
The Isis river (Thames) in Oxfordshire is a vile and polluted mess long before it reaches London.
Hi from Danmark 🇩🇰🌎🌱💧🌳🐝🌞❤
Chocking it not is Going to a cleaning system 🥺🌎
It should be down to people that profit from it toilet paper baby wipes. Medication super markets plastic. All these firms that make millions.
I wished we have this kind of technology at the Pasig River in Manila which is also biologically dead.
You couldn't pay me to touch that water
Cost my bum,we just spent 37billion on something or other
And sanitary twels are perfectly replaced by new inventions. If you ban these things you had a good part of the problem solved
Welcome to india and see what is polluted river😅😅😅 1000000× more polluted
It's the cleanest River that runs through a major city in the world.
What about the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia? Definitely much cleaner.
Who gives a f.
It's still dirty.
Shit river, shit city.
Beautiful city. One of the greatest in the world.
Amazing river. Not as clean as they intend to make it, but still the cleanest of any major city. I was more than happy on my boat tour, listening to a 12 piece orchestra and eating my delicious food. No funny smells, or gasses... just a romantic afternoon.
London is the torch of democracy. A symbol of the free world. Home of the houses of parliament, that great and noble institution which has stood for so long.
If you wanna fire off go pick on Venice or Beijing lol
The Rhine which runs through the German Ruhr and used to be completely dead in the 70's is much much cleaner. There's salmon and surgeon in the Rhine and people swimming in it too. Cost a bundle to clean up but totally worth it.
Saying that. There are billions of fish shitting in the Thames too.
Okay, it's going to Beckton works where it gets treated, and then what? You're still dumping millions of gallons of sewage into the water, it just goes into the ocean instead of the river, not much of an environmental difference is there? The only real difference is how it affects us
Hygenic paper, diapers and
Build a new sewer London....wtf.
Not much point in clearing up the river if, after that, you pump untreated sewage into the river post Brexshit.
Sewage and they fish it???? And row 🤮🤮🤮🤮
Human waste is a squander resource. SMH.
Where is your gray water system for the home, neighborhood, ? That water should then go to build up your forestry in the home, mun cicipality, cities. L👀ks like the British are gonna need charcoal again.
You mean it won't forever be a river of shit? Excelsior!
Fish in shit? What did you catch? SHIT
Why would you fish there? Yuck.
Utterly disgraceful. And ppl swim in the thames
un fucking beliveable.
Don’t watch this shit while eating
LONDON IS VERY POWERFULL CITY why they cant just clean it ? 😨
"for good" lol... you mean "continuously".