Oh yeah let’s replace ministers with bureaucrats! What could go wrong ??
The worst thing about this is that I doubt there is any quick fix.
Water was privatised in 1989 and money which should have been spent constantly upgrading, rinsed by shareholders ever since.
I’d personally go with jailing the water CEOs if they leak shit into our water which is a suggestion from The Environment Agency.
Why are people going wild swimming when it’s well known that every time it rains, the water companies dump all the sewage into the sea and rivers?
What this guy got and the contents of the rest of the article are basically unconnected in the real world. He had an open wound and got leptospirosis (Weil’s disease), that comes from rats pissing in the water and your highest risk is close to the banks. Keep away from the edge except when getting in and out. This has always been a risk of open water activities.
Getting a bout of gastro from sewage overflow is an entirely different game. Always have a pint of coke as soon as you can when you get out, I have no idea why it works but kayakers swear by it, especially on the known dodgier stretches of water.
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Oh yeah let’s replace ministers with bureaucrats! What could go wrong ??
The worst thing about this is that I doubt there is any quick fix.
Water was privatised in 1989 and money which should have been spent constantly upgrading, rinsed by shareholders ever since.
I’d personally go with jailing the water CEOs if they leak shit into our water which is a suggestion from The Environment Agency.
Why are people going wild swimming when it’s well known that every time it rains, the water companies dump all the sewage into the sea and rivers?
What this guy got and the contents of the rest of the article are basically unconnected in the real world. He had an open wound and got leptospirosis (Weil’s disease), that comes from rats pissing in the water and your highest risk is close to the banks. Keep away from the edge except when getting in and out. This has always been a risk of open water activities.
Getting a bout of gastro from sewage overflow is an entirely different game. Always have a pint of coke as soon as you can when you get out, I have no idea why it works but kayakers swear by it, especially on the known dodgier stretches of water.