Sewage works’ £25m upgrade under way (From Daily Echo)

How big is that in relation to Wales or Nelson's column?

Will they be extracting all the Methane Gas for either turning into Electricity or being used as Gas resources?
or will it just be released into the atmosphere?

Only a matter of time before our regular expert on everything water based crops up.

Great, when will they start on the one in Woolston. Was used as a sweatner to get the planning permission through of all those flats and towers but now has been convieniently swept under the carpet like a lot of pre planning promises...

The Salv wrote:
Great, when will they start on the one in Woolston. Was used as a sweatner to get the planning permission through of all those flats and towers but now has been convieniently swept under the carpet like a lot of pre planning promises...

That's capitalism in action for you! Sweetener, ha ha! I like that in reference to Sewage works!

Sorry to say these works will have no impact on the smell - I have been investigating this since last summer. The reason for the current improvements:

As part of the new EU regulations designed to protect our environment Southern Water are no longer allowed to discharge water with the levels of nutrients they currently do. Therefore the improvements to the site are being undertaken as the only option Southern Water have to meet the legal requirements on water quality levels.

I have more info on my work on this here http://www.southampt
onconservatives.co.u
k/stevengalton_south
ernwater.html

Quote: 'with two new tanks measuring the length of 10 double decker buses'
Why use double decker buses as a measurement? So, how long are they? The majority of double decker buses in the UK are between 9.5 metres (31 ft 2 in) and 11.0 metres (36 ft 1 in) long, the latter being more common since the mid-1990s, though there are three-axle 12 metres (40 foot) models in service. Stupid comparison!

Steven Galton wrote:
Sorry to say these works will have no impact on the smell - I have been investigating this since last summer. The reason for the current improvements: As part of the new EU regulations designed to protect our environment Southern Water are no longer allowed to discharge water with the levels of nutrients they currently do. Therefore the improvements to the site are being undertaken as the only option Southern Water have to meet the legal requirements on water quality levels. I have more info on my work on this here http://www.southampt onconservatives.co.u k/stevengalton_south ernwater.html

Steve
What are you proposing as a solution to the smell problem, more investment or more regulation. As a Tory wouldn't you be opposed to more regulation of the market.

that means the bills will go up again to pay for it. Polwaski will still carry that pungent smell as you drive Thomas Lewis Way with the windows shut sealed and a freshair power at full blast.Still more $hit for the fields to grow the Organic foods lol.

sottondave wrote:

Steven Galton wrote:
Sorry to say these works will have no impact on the smell - I have been investigating this since last summer. The reason for the current improvements: As part of the new EU regulations designed to protect our environment Southern Water are no longer allowed to discharge water with the levels of nutrients they currently do. Therefore the improvements to the site are being undertaken as the only option Southern Water have to meet the legal requirements on water quality levels. I have more info on my work on this here http://www.southampt onconservatives.co.u k/stevengalton_south ernwater.html

Steve
What are you proposing as a solution to the smell problem, more investment or more regulation. As a Tory wouldn't you be opposed to more regulation of the market.

Dave if they extracted the Methane as they do in a plant up North the smell would be substantially reduced as the Methane is the main stink

Steven Galton wrote:
Sorry to say these works will have no impact on the smell - I have been investigating this since last summer. The reason for the current improvements:

As part of the new EU regulations designed to protect our environment Southern Water are no longer allowed to discharge water with the levels of nutrients they currently do. Therefore the improvements to the site are being undertaken as the only option Southern Water have to meet the legal requirements on water quality levels.

I have more info on my work on this here http://www.southampt

onconservatives.co.u

k/stevengalton_south

ernwater.html

Steve a few years ago I suggested to Terry Mathews ( councillor then) about a program I'd seen about a Northern Sewage plant where they extract the Methane then in a big drum they dry the sewage then when dry they either burn it for energy or use it for compost.
the Methane can be used to power Electricity generating plants.
This could remove the need for the Bio Mass that your opposed to it would also remove the smell & would generate more Oxygen for the atmosphere.
Could you look into it?

Steven Galton wrote:
Sorry to say these works will have no impact on the smell - I have been investigating this since last summer. The reason for the current improvements:

As part of the new EU regulations designed to protect our environment Southern Water are no longer allowed to discharge water with the levels of nutrients they currently do. Therefore the improvements to the site are being undertaken as the only option Southern Water have to meet the legal requirements on water quality levels.

I have more info on my work on this here http://www.southampt

onconservatives.co.u

k/stevengalton_south

ernwater.html

Are you saying some good would come out of an EU regulation? That makes a change.

No one will allow cheaper re- usable energy sources, there is no profit in it.
The smell will be worse and they don't give a chit.

bazzeroz wrote:
Quote: 'with two new tanks measuring the length of 10 double decker buses'
Why use double decker buses as a measurement? So, how long are they? The majority of double decker buses in the UK are between 9.5 metres (31 ft 2 in) and 11.0 metres (36 ft 1 in) long, the latter being more common since the mid-1990s, though there are three-axle 12 metres (40 foot) models in service. Stupid comparison!

Ha ha! It's about time someone came up with an official comparison chart (Compare the Metaphor.com perhaps) so we can all be sure what we're dealing with here!
With the Olympic Games in mind, it's funny how nobody feels the need to explain that the 1500m race length is equivalent to 30 'Olympic size swimming pools'..
PS are you a bus-spotter by any chance?

I always wondered what the smell was when you go past Millbrook, I always thought it was the residents, now I know!

beesdee wrote:

bazzeroz wrote:
Quote: 'with two new tanks measuring the length of 10 double decker buses'
Why use double decker buses as a measurement? So, how long are they? The majority of double decker buses in the UK are between 9.5 metres (31 ft 2 in) and 11.0 metres (36 ft 1 in) long, the latter being more common since the mid-1990s, though there are three-axle 12 metres (40 foot) models in service. Stupid comparison!

Ha ha! It's about time someone came up with an official comparison chart (Compare the Metaphor.com perhaps) so we can all be sure what we're dealing with here!
With the Olympic Games in mind, it's funny how nobody feels the need to explain that the 1500m race length is equivalent to 30 'Olympic size swimming pools'..
PS are you a bus-spotter by any chance?

NO! Ding ding. (Wiki helped, lol)

IronLady2010 wrote:
I always wondered what the smell was when you go past Millbrook, I always thought it was the residents, now I know!

Ironlady I come from Millbrook now don't get it confused with Millbrook Green Park Estate or Redbridge.
If you go down the main road You'll see Millbrook Station & it use to be before the locals thought Freemantle sounded better a Millbrook Baptist Church in Testwood Road which is the original Millbrook.
BAT's address is Regents Park millbrook & once again the residents thought Regents Park sounded better than Millbrook & suddenly a new area arose.

Our present power stations are coming to the end of their lives we are producing waste all the time which can & should be turned into energy.
You all know of the waste I'm talking about so why not use it to power Electric producing stations? as long as there's Humans there will be the raw product so you would have an endless supply.
We have researched the technology we have working power plants on it so why aren't we building more? instead we build cleaning tanks so we can dump it out to Sea?
Seas that are already to polluted.Seas we get our foods from & a lot of out fresh water in the form of rain from.
Mock me if you will but this is one form of energy we are already producing & not using WHY?

What exactly is a pungent pong? Is it worse than a noxious niff or a stupefifying stink?

Patrick please don't do this to us again. Most of us have brains that work & do not appreciate being talked (witten) down to in this fashion. We don't all throw fire extinguishers off of buildings at the police.

Verloren Hoop wrote:
What exactly is a pungent pong? Is it worse than a noxious niff or a stupefifying stink?

Patrick please don't do this to us again. Most of us have brains that work & do not appreciate being talked (witten) down to in this fashion. We don't all throw fire extinguishers off of buildings at the police.

It use to be a lot worse as you had the smells from an old style sausage factory & the sewage plant.
I lived in Freshfield rd & believe it or not you get use to the smell.
after moving away for a few years then starting work down that way it hit me & I couldn't believe this was not as bad as the sausage factory had gone