Almost 10,000 people have signed a petition against proposals by Thames Water to tackle drought by drawing off up to 100m litres of water a day from the Thames and replacing it with treated effluent from one of Europe’s biggest sewage treatment works.
The company, which leaks 630m litres a day from its pipes, is attempting to get a new scheme approved involving tens of millions of litres of treated effluent being pumped into the Thames from Mogden sewage works in west London to tackle future water shortages.
