Raw Sewage Levels Warning.

Thomas Sinkora

In the UK there are 22,000 recorded discharge pipes. However it is now understood that that it is more like 31,000 discharge pipes. The reason they have had such an off number is because they had not realized that there are pipes that pull double duty. The 9000 miss counted pipes is due to pipes that are combined overflow and emergency pipes, such as pumping stations or waterworks due both jobs. For the last 20 years the environment agency has put £8 billion into trying to upgrade the system, also to begin re-mapping out the pipes for a closer estimate.

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is okay with regulated discharge as long as it is taken care of properly however research shows that a good sum of the 31,000 are discharging more than the 10 times allowed. Off the west coast it was estimated to have more than 1000 hours of waste discharge during beach season. However almost all beaches reach sanitation requirements so this is not a lasting matter. £4 billion will be spent for improvements on the water care.

This is similar to non-point sources. The United Kingdom was unaware of nearly 9000 drainage pipes. The watch for something like this is much harder than seems because of the fact that pipes can due two jobs and in heavy rain pipes that are not meant to be discharged pipes become them due to over flow or water. The UK has been doing there best to regulate the pipe discharge and when companies are told to stop they do. The UK has put almost £11 billion into their water cleanup and regulation. They have almost 98% of their water is clean. They plan on having complete regulation and control over their water and pipes by 2015.

The United Kingdom has a very solid grip on their water control. While American has things like the clean water act the United Kingdom seems to have an easier time work thing sort of thin out. This could be partly because they are smaller or because they have less to control. But they still seem to get the job done and done quite well.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15725207

http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/laws/cwa.html