Thames Water Strike Again ! - Mogden Footpath Shut ?
Emily sent the following email. I don't understand why the Mogden footpath should be closed. If the path through the works has to be closed because of pollution in the Duke of Northumberland's River, shouldn't access be prevented to the rest of the river and the River Crane ?Dear ResidentsA two-metre valve (penstock) in a major sewer serving Heathrow Airportjammed shut on Saturday afternoon at Cranford Bridge on the A4 Bath Roadwhile engineers carried out routine maintenance.All attempts to re-open the valve were initially unsuccessful. It is nowbeing forced open using specialised lifting equipment fitted overnight.While we are able to take a lot of backed-up sewage away in tanker lorriesfor treatment, the volume of sewage was such that we were not able totanker all of it.Faced with the unpalatable choice of letting the remaining sewage back upinto the airport or spill to the River Crane, we were forced to opt for thelatter, resulting in sewage entering the river and damaging wildlife, whichwe deeply regret.We are working with all those affected by this problem and with theEnvironment Agency, who are aware of our plan to tackle this problem assoon as possible.Once normal flows resume, probably later this morning, some stronger thannormal effluent will arrive at Mogden and this may cause elevated odourlevels for a few hours, for which we wish to apologise in advance.Some of the pollution from the River Crane has passed into the Duke ofNorthumberland river, and this has required a temporary closure of thefootpath through the Mogden works, for which we would also like toapologise.Kind regardsEmilyEmily GorenCommunications AdvisorThames WaterMogden STWMogden LaneMiddlesex TW7 7LWt: 07747 644345
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