The Environment Agency said that during periods of high tide, high river levels would be unable to discharge into the sea, which was likely to lead to localised flooding at Surfleet reservoir.
Mines and factories that make paint, batteries or electroplated products discharge waste water into local rivers and lakes.
Groundwater is polluted due to poor land practices, atmospheric deposition of pollutants and direct discharge of sewage into water bodies.
Thousands more pipes could discharge raw sewage into the sea, rivers and lakes than was previously thought, the Marine Conservation Society has said.
Mr. Johnson, who served in the Coast Guard between 1973 and 1977 before receiving an honorable discharge, moved into a second-floor apartment in a six-floor walk-up building on the East 82nd Street about 18 months ago.
The Stop Hinkley group said reactors will discharge more radioactive waste into the Severn Estuary.
Most cities in the developing world discharge their sewage untreated into rivers or the sea.
Problems arise from conflicts between different uses of coastal land and waters, overexploitation of coastal resources, discharge of wastes and effluents into coastal waters, increasing stress by sea level change and growth of coastal population.
For ten years he's been trying to convince utilities and automakers that electric cars could draw power at night, when power is cheaper, and then discharge some of that juice back into the grid during the day to balance supply and demand for electricity.
Heavy rain earlier in the month overwhelmed London's drains and led to the discharge of 1m tonnes of raw sewage into the Thames.
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"This consent decree offers the fastest and most certain path available to EPA to stop the discharge of coal ash from the Badger into Lake Michigan, " said Susan Hedman, EPA regional administrator.
Heavy rain can overwhelm the drains, forcing Thames Water, the firm that runs the network, to discharge a mix of rainwater and sewage directly into the Thames.
ECONOMIST: The capital's overflowing drains are due for a big upgrade
"I just think it's appalling really that they can discharge an 85-year-old lady with dementia into a taxi... anything could have happened to her, " she said.
Last year 32m cubic metres of diluted sewage were dumped into the river, at a rate of roughly one discharge a week.
ECONOMIST: The capital's overflowing drains are due for a big upgrade
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