Further evidence was sent to me yesterday of the high level of sewage pollution in the Wealdstone Brook in Kenton that increased over the weekend.
Despite an evening exchange of Direct Messages with Thames Water the problem continued. The photographs of the brook in Woodcock Park below were taken yesterday. A public health crisis is threatened.
Yesterday I sent the following request to Brent Council's press desk but have had no response:
As Brent Council is a Category One Responder under the Civil Contingencies Act could the Council state what action they are taking regarding the contamination of the Wealdstone Brook by raw sewage over the Easter weekend. This will include any actions required of Thames Water.
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Bucolic potential being poisoned.
The same monumental neglect is why more central located rivers like the Westbourne (Royal Stream) were culverted underground by developers late C19/ pollution rendered invisible until it floods out into peoples homes that is was the thinking back then. In the 1960's South Kilburn Estate C20 thinking had flood defence parklands attenuation throughout, raised level homes, ramp bridges and moats to counter flooding risk from local culverts, uncharted rivers and springs.
Brent C21 development authoritarian plan thinking is regressive, resident disengaged and apocalyptic. What if the unloved river landscape feature pictured here was under Richmond or Hampstead stewardship?
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