Oxfordshire housing development ‘should be blocked due to failing sewage system’
by Sandra Laville from Environment | The Guardian on (#6JY38)
Environment Agency objects to plans for 1,450 new homes, saying Thames Water's Oxford plant cannot cope with more demand
A major housing development should be blocked because underinvestment by Thames Water in the sewage system means it is unable to cope with the pressure of an increased population, the Environment Agency has warned.
Thames Water's treatment plant in Oxford has been illegally discharging sewage for six years, causing significant risk to the rivers and environment from pollution, the EA has said.
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