by Cactus Jack » Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:14 pm
Iteats wrote:Stooo wrote:Iteats wrote:Snookerballs wrote:Due to pollution in the River Thames , it was the first time in nearly two hundred years that the winning crew did not dip their Cox in the water .
Was it due to pollution or have the water levels dropped?
Pollution, E-Coli sickness is common. Yeah the stuff that lives in your guts and you shit out.
I thought if the water levels had dropped their cox may not reach
Imagine paying companies to dispose of and treat our waste so it is safe for us and the environment only for those companies to literally shit on us by dumping it into our waters.
I hear Thames Water want the taxpayer to help them clean up the mess, certain things should never be privatised.
It's the opposite of river levels dropping.
This winter has been much warmer and much wetter. I've seen more lying water this year than ever before.
In floods, and when there's a lot of rain water going through the sewers, there's an overspill and the raw sewage gets flushed into the river - not just the Thames pretty much every river in the UK is going to be the same.
I wouldn't bother with the wild water river swims this year.
[quote="Iteats"][quote="Stooo"][quote="Iteats"][quote="Snookerballs"]Due to pollution in the River Thames , it was the first time in nearly two hundred years that the winning crew did not dip their Cox in the water . :yikes:[/quote]
Was it due to pollution or have the water levels dropped?[/quote]
Pollution, E-Coli sickness is common. Yeah the stuff that lives in your guts and you shit out.[/quote]
I thought if the water levels had dropped their cox may not reach :smilin:
Imagine paying companies to dispose of and treat our waste so it is safe for us and the environment only for those companies to literally shit on us by dumping it into our waters.
I hear Thames Water want the taxpayer to help them clean up the mess, certain things should never be privatised.[/quote]
It's the opposite of river levels dropping.
This winter has been much warmer and much wetter. I've seen more lying water this year than ever before.
In floods, and when there's a lot of rain water going through the sewers, there's an overspill and the raw sewage gets flushed into the river - not just the Thames pretty much every river in the UK is going to be the same.
I wouldn't bother with the wild water river swims this year.
