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The short answer: the very dry summer of 2025 helped bring total spill hours across the Solent back down to their lowest level since 2020 - but a closer, site-by-site look shows that not every combined sewer overflow (CSO*) is actually improving. At our August Council meeting, SPS committee member Duncan Purdie presented an updated … Continue reading CSO sewage discharges into the Solent: how do 2022 and 2025 compare?
How does Fawley fit into the UK Government Strategy for Net Zero? First, it may be helpful to recap the three strategic decarbonisation options being considered by the UK Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is the short-term solution, letting existing industrial processes keep running while trapping the … Continue reading The Fawley EDF Green Hydrogen proposal
How did Solent area Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) do in 2024? The short answer is better than the dreadful year of 2023, but most of this reduction was significantly due to less rainfall in 2024.So, some slight improvement but still way above 2022 and very significantly above the government’s target. Background The Solent Protection Society … Continue reading CSO sewage discharges into the Solent
