| Topic: | :Re: The stench of the Tories prevails | |
| Posted by: | Steve Taylor | |
| Date/Time: | 20/10/13 09:52:00 |
| I find it astounding, if not quite disgusting, that Cllr Brad Fisher, on behalf of the Conservative Group, undermines, if not attacks, the victims of the ill-fated expansion of the site in a quite pathetic and futile attempt to gain political points. And if the Chronicle report is correct, that he told Thames Water and the Scrutiny panel that the odour has reduced since the expansion, he is simply out of touch with what is going on in Hounslow South or incompetent or dishonest. Not only did the Chronicle poll demonstrate that the public voted overwhelmingly that odour has increased since the expansion, Cllr Brad Fisher is well aware from the weekly site inspections and the daily odour monitor readings that odour has increased substantially since the expansion completed. The expansion which was of course approved by his Group whilst in control of the Council. Perhaps Cllr Fisher has trouble reading or understanding these graphs and H2S data? I can understand that many Councillors would find it difficult to understand or analyse this data so to make it very simple for them we provided them all (Cllr Fisher included) with a snapshot of odour data recorded during just one week when a resident complained that a wedding reception in Twickenham was ruined due to the stench of raw sewage. We asked Cllrs to demand of Thames Water to explain the extremely high levels of odour recorded at Mogden on the day of the wedding as well as the days prior to the wedding and after. You may not be aware but the maximum peak permitted before Thames Water is legally bound to trigger an alert to the Council is 0.015ppm H2S. On the days in question the odour readings were on occasions more than 3 times the legal limit! 27/8 0.05 +++ 28/8 0.02 29/8 0.042 30/8 0.026 31/8 0.022 1/9 0.02 Cllr Fisher was aware of all this correspondence yet he chose to do nothing! How dare he now tell the chronicle that complaints are not serious. A few months ago I would have suggested that residents hold the Conservative Group accountable for the environmental mess they left in this Borough after just one term in office. Having now read Cllr Fisher's unsubstantiated outburst I believe it is futile to even attempt to hold these people accountable as they simply have no shame and they don't care about the misery they have inflicted upon residents. They were useless in office and even more useless in opposition. They don't count! |