tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post5581163338069493166..comments2024-03-13T10:32:22.656+00:00Comments on thanetonline: Blue Flags Summer Sand and SewageMichael Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-9395423246562835122010-08-11T15:20:30.994+01:002010-08-11T15:20:30.994+01:0022.31 Tivoli Brook is part of the requirements of ...22.31 Tivoli Brook is part of the requirements of the Dreamland redevelopment i.e. that it has to be put right and the sewage discharge has to be cured.<br /><br />9.56 Small underground stream that discharges to Margate Sands, it is unmapped as are the Victorian sewers that discharge into it, we are talking about small amounts of contamination here.<br /><br />Gerald I have just popped down there and taken a picture of it and will bung it up with the rest later, I haven’t seen it before but like most people once a sign has gone up I read it and then ignore it.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-91077996102641978632010-08-11T10:14:59.794+01:002010-08-11T10:14:59.794+01:00First a blue flag, then a BLUE STICKER !
I just n...First a blue flag, then a BLUE STICKER !<br /><br />I just noticed this morning that the sea water quality chart at Ramsgate Main Sands now proudly displays a small "blue sticker".<br /><br />I don't know if this blue sticker is new, or whether its been there a while (as I don't look at this chart very often).<br /><br />The wording of the blue sticker is as follows:<br /><br />"The bathing water quality at this beach may be lower after periods of heavy rainfall".<br /><br />Hmmm.Geraldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-38473475511592263882010-08-11T09:56:21.098+01:002010-08-11T09:56:21.098+01:00Where's Tivoli brook? It's not on any map...Where's Tivoli brook? It's not on any maps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-72322135633551851432010-08-10T22:31:58.516+01:002010-08-10T22:31:58.516+01:00Unfortunately tdc doesn't like sorting out any...Unfortunately tdc doesn't like sorting out any problems; Tivoli brook has been contaminated by sewage for over 15 years, its tdc 's problem but they won't do anything about it. they don't have any chartered engineers and in the near future all the chickens will come home to roost and tdc will be well and truly broke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-72508921732945208102010-08-10T18:10:34.661+01:002010-08-10T18:10:34.661+01:00Readit it’s the old science and engineering hat ag...Readit it’s the old science and engineering hat again, the old leaking sluice and absorption into the chalk where the sewage was escaping couldn’t have accounted for a great deal of escape from this pipe, less that 100 gallons during a moderate storm I would think.<br /><br />It therefore follows that capping the pipe could only have diverted this much, heavily diluted with surface water, the sewers at this point are at a much lower level or the underground toilets would have been half full of sewage. <br /><br />There was the period when the pipe had been disturbed but not capped, but the sluice was left closed during this time, once again less than 100 gallons I would think. <br /><br />The results from the test would suggest a much larger quantity of sewage, thousands not hundreds of gallons discharged, the sea is large and dispersion is fast due to the tides and wave action. <br /><br />Take a look at this and I think you will agree that it is where the problem probably lies <a href="http://thanetonline.blogspot.com/2009/01/sewage-leak-in-ramsgate.html" rel="nofollow">http://thanetonline.blogspot.com/2009/01/sewage-leak-in-ramsgate.html</a> the outfall relief valve evidently is faulty and has been for several years, has been reported by me to TDC and I don’t believe any action has been taken.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-46566155369511706572010-08-10T16:53:46.728+01:002010-08-10T16:53:46.728+01:00Michael, I don't know if there is any connecti...Michael, I don't know if there is any connection but in late June you reported on the leaky sewer in Harbour Parade and its subsequent blockage early in July.<br /><br />Perhaps putting 2 and 2 together to make 5, a pressure build up after the blockage could have caused a blow out to seaReadithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04343086161535755495noreply@blogger.com