Some years ago I was told by the engineer at Barnhurst (3million gallons into Shroppie and 6 into S&W daily average) that it comes out the pipes at 'drinking water quality' but they wouldn't recommend drinking it as seagulls sit on the outfalls and crap in it! Whatever the quality the weeds seems to grow well downstream. Strangely enough at another nearby plant (2 million) that does stink the weed growth is much less, though from all the fishermen here whatever comes out of the pipes into the cut seems to attract fish.
--- On Sun, 11/9/08, Family <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Family <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [canals-list] Re: Toilet descaler (XP) To: "Canal-List" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 9:33 AM Brian asked " I wonder how well they strip the phosphates out before discharging all that sewage waste just above Winkwell " Going by the smell of the water at our moorings, not very well. It always smells like the inside of a washing machine there. (and I don't need to 'boil wash' Jannock!) Graham www.jannock. org.uk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
