Holy moly I wasn’t expecting that map to be so busy. What a time to be alive that you can create such a details map with real time public data.
As a kayaker, kudos to whoever is behind this.
Whoa. What is wrong with UK sewage treatment systems? Oh, I see. They're having flooding from heavy rains: https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/?v=map-live&lyr=mv...
They need to build more capacity to handle this.
It would be interesting to add a toggle that shows the river sections that are NOT experiencing sewage discharges.
Neat site, any plans for adding support for Scotland?
Background for people who haven't been following along:
The water authorities were privatised to 'encourage investment' rather than the government footing the bill for maintaining and expanding them.
The new water companies were snapped up by big multinationals who didn't invest in infrastructure. Instead these newly-owned water companies then took humungous loans which they paid to the buyers. So the buyers got the money and the water companies got the debt to service.
Now everyone wonders why the water companies, who are charging more than ever and have a really failing system, are going bankrupt...?