29 September 2023
Recent research by North Lincs Green Party has uncovered the full extent of sewage dumping in our area.
The top two Anglian Water ‘storm overflow’ events into the Humber both happened to be in North Lincolnshire and were at the following Sewage Treatment Works:
Barton-upon-Humber: 1,420 hours duration over 2021; 111 times per year
Winteringham: 3,020 hours duration over 2021; 136 times per year
You would be forgiven for thinking this must surely be some kind of mistake, but no, you read that right. Equivalent to over 4 months of constant raw sewage overflow at Winteringham and 2 months of constant raw sewage overflow at Barton. Both incredible and appalling in equal measure.
There is a long-term plan for upgrading Anglian Water infrastructure (2018). Shockingly, neither Winteringham or Barton appear on it and Anglian Water confirmed to us there were no plans to do so.
What do North Lincs Greens Say?
We say this is completely unacceptable to both North Lincolnshire residents and the Humber SSSI into which the raw sewage, microplastics and other pollutants enter. We demand action:
From Anglian Water:
Add both Winteringham and Barton-upon-Humber Water Recycling Centres and Pumping Stations to the list of infrastructure that is in need of urgent upgrade.
Funding for retrofit SuDS solutions (Sustainable Drainage Systems) such as ‘smart’ residential water butts.
From North Lincolnshire Council:
Retrofit SuDS on NLC car parks, roads and properties such as schools and leisure centres. This will reduce yearly charges paid by North Lincolnshire Council to Anglian Water to process this water. It will also reduce carbon emissions allocated to NLC that were previously required for the processing of this water run-off.
Find out more by downloading this pdf report here.