The resident whose request to Brent Council to designate the Wealdstone Brook sewage contamination a 'major incident' was refused, has responded asking for residents and schools in the area to be notified of the public health danger:
Dear Mr Lunt
Thank you for your quick response to my email of the 19th April requesting that the Leader of Brent Council and the Chief Executive of Brent Council declare a ‘Major Incident’ with regards to the severe and dangerous pollution of the Wealdstone Brook and its impact on the health, safety and well being of Brent residents in the Kenton area around the Brook.
I am disappointed at your response. However, could I ask that the various medical surgeries around the Kenton area and the A&E Department at Northwick Park Hospital are asked by the Brent and Harrow Health Authorities to monitor patients who come to them with Covid-19 symptoms but test negative for Covid-19 and check whether they have been near the Wealdstone Brook or indeed have had some of the water from the Brook touch their skin or have actually ingested it. We are warning as many youngsters as we see in Woodcock Park not to go near the water in the Wealdstone Brook but again a notification from Brent Council to the schools in the area – particularly Claremont High School Academy, St.Gregory’s High School and Uxendon Manor Primary School – warning them about the dangerous and toxic nature of the water in the Brook would be helpful – particularly if the situation continues into the school holidays.
I have now been informed that Thames Water is intending to flush the Brook on numerous occasions throughout the summer months in order to attempt to reduce the very serious situation whilst they attempt to locate and deal with the source(s) of the pollution
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