(15 October 2013, 02:39)Grumpy Grandpa Wrote: (4 October 2013, 14:15)Binnie Wrote: i'll need to do a bit of digging, but i do know someone who who can maybe get the info, i know if there is a breakdown, our local wastewater treatment plant discharges straight to the north sea.
Sewage treatment and filtration plants do have bypasses that operate when there is a breakdown problem, the same as they do when there'e excess floodwater and it was that little gem that made me ask the question about the dangers of munching moluscs from the local coast...
i think there would certainly be an issue, it's probably best to find out where the discharge pipes are, knowing that there could be an issue in those areas
Actually, found a good resource, though its only applicable to designated "bathing waters"
GG i think this page may be of interest to you
http://www.sepa.org.uk/water/bathing_wat...?area=west
if you click a specific area, you'll see a "bathing water profile, info and maps" PDF, gives quite a bit of info including maps with a legend referring to outlets, overflows etc.
The engineer i spoke to referred to Stonehaven,
http://www.sepa.org.uk/water/bathing_wat...version=-1
you can see on that map the "emergency overflow" but i beleive another outlet on this map was discharging raw sewage. still a good resource though!
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