A public consultation has begun into a water recycling scheme that would see treated wastewater pumped into the River Thames ...

London has a combined sewer system, which means sewage and rain flow into the same pipes. Storms frequently overwhelmed the system, spilling around 40 million tons of sewage into the Thames annually.

London’s super sewer has now been activated a decade after its construction began. The new 25km Thames Tideway Tunnel brings ...

Andy Mitchell, chief executive of Tideway, said: “This is an important moment for the Thames. “The super sewer has been switched on and is starting to protect the river from sewage pollution.” ...

London has a combined sewer system, which means sewage and rain flow into the same pipes. Storms frequently overwhelmed the system, spilling around 40 million tons of sewage into the Thames annually.

Storms frequently overwhelmed the system, spilling around 40 million tons of sewage into the Thames annually. The “super sewer” will “virtually eliminate” that problem, according to Tideway. Some of ...