When it reaches a certain height, it pours into another pipe and into rivers. 'The way our Victorian sewers are built is that wastewater and rainwater are carried in the same pipe. It added: 'The law has always allowed for discharges, subject to a regulated permitting system. The criticism follows the release of BBC's Our Troubled Rivers, in which angler Paul Whitehouse hit out at water companies for discharging sewage into British waters.Ī statement on the government's website in reaction to the show stressed it is taking 'significant action in recent years to hold water companies to account.' 'The entire process is controlled by permits issues by the Environment Agency.'Īnother social media user said: 'Will there be an award for gaslighting the public?'Ī third added: 'Is there an Oscar for the amount of Sewage your company has dumped into our rivers and seas?' Viewers were less than impressed with the footage shared by some of items littering the river floor It then shows underwater footage of the debris and various plastics underneath the water's surface, which included what appeared to be used sanitary products. The footage showed extremely dirty river water brown in colour, with further water and what appears to be sewage flowing into it. Mr Sharkey, who was the lead singer in The Undertones in the 1970s and 1980s, has been regularly posting about the release of sewage into British waters, which usually occurs during times of heavy rainfall in which overflow areas become full. Singer and water safety campaigner Feargel Sharkey, who has more than 160,000 Twitter followers, retweeted the videos in support of the comments. 'Seems they forgot to include MOST APPALLING UNDERWATER VIDEO - RIVER WHARFE.' One social media responded: 'If there was an Oscar for Yorkshire Water having two out of the top three most sewage polluted rivers in the country, then you'd have them,' accompanied by a video showing liquid being released into a Yorkshire river.Ī second said: 'Yorkshire waters very own Oscars ffs. Titles included Everythin Everywheear orl a' Once, Avabrew: The Way of Yorkshire Water and T' Banshees of Brighouse. In their Oscar tweet, Yorkshire Water said: 'We’ve taken this year’s best picture nominations and put our own Yorkshire twist on them! Which of our nominees would you vote for?' I’m not sure how I’m going to get through this but I’m going to be strong for you because I know it’s what you would have wanted.Locals responded to Yorkshire Water's tweet by sharing video footage appearing to show the release of sewage into the River Wharfe I wish I could tell you how much I love you and I wish I got the chance to say goodbye. Mickelson’s girlfriend, Maddie Haley, wrote on Instagram, “I wish my plans to spend the rest of my life with you weren’t stripped away from me like this. I wish we were still talking in sentences that probably annoyed everyone else but made us crack up every time.” The young actor was remembered by peers on Instagram and other social media, with Patrick Schwarzenegger telling Mickelson’s sister, “Praying for you,” and model Kaia Gerber posting, “I remember that time we sat on the couch and spent the whole day coming up with our own secret language that we continued to speak every time we saw each other. Ian Metrose Exiting CBS Communications Role After 20-Year Stintĭaniel Mickelson launched a fashion brand and clothing line called Kids Back Home in January.
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