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From: WT Enquiries [mailto:WTenquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk] Sent: 24 May 2013 16:26 To: WT Enquiries Subject: Little Marlow Sewage Treatment Update 24 May 2013
Dear Sir/Madam
Yesterday we received calls from members of the public concerned about further sewer debris on the river downstream of Little Marlow sewage treatment works. Our own monitoring equipment also detected abnormal levels of solids in the final treated effluent. My officers attended the site last night and are there again today to establish what is happening and to collect evidence.
At this stage, we believe the debris was released in to the river as a consequence of Thames Water cleaning out one of the settlement tanks on site. Thames Water's managers have instructed the cleaning work to stop and have employed contractors to clean up debris from the river.
We appreciate the public's frustration with the ongoing problems at the sewage treatment works. We are scrutinising Thames Water very closely and putting pressure on them to restore normal operation of the STW. We have opened our incident room today to manage our response and have extra staff on duty to respond to any further problems 24 hours a day.
We will continue to send updates when we have more information or the situation changes.
Regards,
Helen Page
Environment Management Team Leader
Land & Water, Thame & Upper Thames Valley
West Thames Area
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