On the surface, the River Thames is the picture of serene commerce. Tourist barges putter past riverside cafés in Oxford, property developers crane over luxury flats in Putney, and freight moves silently through the Lock gates at Teddington.
Last spring, the Environment Agency fined a major developer £200,000 after a "milky white discharge" was spotted flowing from a drainage pipe near Wandsworth Park. The culprit? A wheel wash station draining directly into a surface water sewer. commercial drainage goring on thames
"The public sees a pipe and thinks 'treatment plant,'" says Kolve. "They don't realize that a commercial drain labeled 'surface water' goes straight to the river. If a car wash pours its chemicals down that grate, you are drinking it downstream." Editor’s note: If you are searching for issues in Goring-on-Thames specifically, the problem is geological. On the surface, the River Thames is the
In the picturesque village of Goring (home to George Michael’s former riverside mansion), the commercial drainage issue is unique: . The culprit
A fatberg is a rock-hard mass of cooking oil, wet wipes, and sanitary products. In 2024 alone, Thames Water removed a 100-meter-long beast from a sewer running parallel to the Thames near Hammersmith. The thing weighed as much as a humpback whale.
Note: I assume "goring" was a typographical or autocorrect error for or "pouring" (as in stormwater outflow). If you meant the village of Goring-on-Thames specifically, the commercial drainage issues there are covered in the final section. The Hidden Torrent: Why Commercial Drainage is Becoming the Thames’ Biggest Nightmare By [Author Name]