The River Kennet is a chalk stream some of the rarest river habitat in the world.
It rises in Wiltshire near Silbury and Avebury yet by the time it reaches Marlborough just 10 miles later it is already polluted.
In 2019 @Thameswater spent 1,636 hours dumping sewage into it.
It rises in Wiltshire near Silbury and Avebury yet by the time it reaches Marlborough just 10 miles later it is already polluted.
In 2019 @Thameswater spent 1,636 hours dumping sewage into it.
By the time the river gets to Kintbury just 12.5 miles later a further 1,233 hours worth of sewage has been dumped into the river.
Running totals, 22.5 miles from source, 2,869 hours worth of sewage, equivalent of 199 whole days.
Running totals, 22.5 miles from source, 2,869 hours worth of sewage, equivalent of 199 whole days.
And by the time the river gets to Woolhampton a further 12 miles downstream an extra 5,327 hours worth of sewage has been dumped into the river.
Running totals, 34.5 miles from source, 8,106 hours worth of sewage, equivalent of 337 whole days.
Running totals, 34.5 miles from source, 8,106 hours worth of sewage, equivalent of 337 whole days.
Finally by the time we get to Reading, the confluence with the Thames, 12 miles downstream from Woolhampton a further 4,628 hours worth of sewage has been dumped into the river.
Running totals, 46.5 miles from source, 12,734 hours worth of sewage, equivalent of 530 whole days.
Running totals, 46.5 miles from source, 12,734 hours worth of sewage, equivalent of 530 whole days.
The River Kennett some 46 miles of chalk stream one of the rarest habitats on earth, designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, one of the highest forms of legal protection in the country and in 2019 @thameswater spend 12,734 hours on 4,628 occasions dumping sewage into it
