[HN Gopher] Sewage Spill in the Potomac River
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       Sewage Spill in the Potomac River
        
       Author : geox
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2026-02-22 12:39 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.vdh.virginia.gov)
        
       | subscribed wrote:
       | I didn't think I could envy Americans something.
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       | But they get a report and an incident status.
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       | While we in the UK get business as usual and the millions (not
       | exaggerating) of hours of routine untreated sewage spill out
       | straight into rivers and lakes mostly completely unpunished :
       | https://www.wokingnewsandmail.co.uk/news/environment-news/fi...
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       | Caused by the privatisation (thanks to the Tory party of the
       | time) then willful neglect from all the subsequent governments,
       | AND the rotating doors (ie: corruption) between the "oversight"
       | bodies and the excrement industry.
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       | Dirty island of corruption.
        
       | nathan_compton wrote:
       | Get RFK down there to take a dip.
        
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