UK Parliamentary question related to rowing, early February 2005
Below is the transcript from Hansard of an answer to a question put to the relevant Minister in the first week of February 2005.
Table 1
| Month | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2,467,930 | 1,364,441 | 2,662,071 | 1,717,430 |
| February | 2,559,654 | 1,758,236 | 1,824,948 | 1,560,620 |
| March | 2,732,630 | 1,736,920 | 1,749,267 | 1,509,818 |
| April | 2,476,747 | 1,395,060 | 1,543,983 | 1,576,418 |
| May | 2,234,910 | 1,531,603 | 1,656,310 | 1,330,036 |
| June | 1,872,673 | 1,393,458 | 1,568,915 | 1,098,837 |
| July | 1,740,616 | 1,355,047 | 1,391,433 | 1,201,917 |
| August | 1,557,598 | 1,618,557 | 1,287,003 | 1,394,409 |
| September | 1,515,436 | 1,528,801 | 1,171,360 | 1,482,751 |
| October | 1,596,579 | 1,706,734 | 1,198,676 | 1,627,493 |
| November | 1,268,180 | 2,047,635 | 1,433,187 | 1,709,499 |
| December | 1,120,988 | 1,997,761 | 1,564,898 | not available |
Sewage discharges to the Thames estuary are made by three water companies Thames, Anglian and Southern. The following tables concern discharges made by Thames Water.
Table 2 sets out the average monthly volumes of fully treated, to secondary standards, and partially treated, because of excess flows during wet weather, sewage discharges to the Thames from Beckton, Crossness, Long Reach, Mogden and Riverside treatment works. I have provided the monthly average as the volumes are fairly constant throughout the year.
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Table 2
| Year | Fully treated sewage from 5 treatment works | Partially treated sewage from five treatment works |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 75,883,503 | 1,851,077 |
| 2002 | 73,356,102 | 2,209,715 |
| 2003 | 75,878,615 | 1,234,308 |
| 2004 | 70,313,523 | 1,123,331 |
Table 3 sets out the monthly calculated volumes of untreated sewage discharged to the Thames from the five largest pumping stations during wet weather. As no data is available for the other overflows along the Thames Tideway, it is estimated that on average these volumes represent 60 per cent. of the total discharge from London's combined drainage system at these times.
Table 3
| Month | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3,471,000 | 3,009,000 | 12,954,000 | 9,281,000 |
| February | 9,279,000 | 4,746,000 | 3,759,000 | 3,240,000 |
| March | 8,118,000 | 2,761,000 | 743,000 | 44,000 |
| April | 2,688,000 | 2,662,000 | 395,000 | 3,665,000 |
| May | 2,322,000 | 2,007,000 | 543,000 | 3,268,000 |
| June | 1,757,000 | 3,353,000 | 950,000 | 3,047,000 |
| July | 1,742,000 | 1,962,000 | 1,124,000 | 1,260,000 |
| August | 4,490,000 | 4,017,000 | 438,000 | 4,945,000 |
| September | 2,261,000 | 563,000 | 577,000 | 446,000 |
| October | 6,312,000 | 3,961,000 | 2,600,000 | 4,290,000 |
| November | 2,400,000 | 12,144,000 | 11,072,000 | 304,000 |
| December | 1,096,000 | 11,755,000 | 6,064,000 | not available |