BOATERS USING THE UPPER REACHES of the Thames have complained of the stench of the water.
It has now been discovered that from 15th January to early March, sewage has been released into a tributary of the river. One boater, Jeffrey Gratton, told us:
"We had moored at Lechlade and as evening approached their was this smell, then a resident walking by on the towpath told us that the water board released sewage into a river that feeds into the Thames.
"So next morning it was back down river to cleaner water as other rivers fed the Thames."
Sewage map
The information of the release of sewage came from Thames Water. According to According to Sewage Map, external, discharge was released from the Amney St Peter Sewage Treatment Plant for 1,122 hours and 45 minutes between 15th January and 3rd March 2026.
Already this year it tells that discharge was released from the Amney St Peter Sewage Treatment Plant for 2,695 hours and 30 minutes, raising serious concerns.