Template:Did you know nominations/Sewage dumping in the United Kingdom
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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 02:31, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
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Sewage dumping in the United Kingdom
... that UK water companies dumped raw sewage into rivers and the sea over 300,000 times in both 2021 and 2022?Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/04/thames-water-fined-33m-for-pumping-sewage-into-rivers- ALT1: ... that Thames Water was fined £3.4m for sewage dumping? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/04/thames-water-fined-33m-for-pumping-sewage-into-rivers
- ALT2: ... that Southern Water was fined £90m for deliberately dumping sewage into the sea? Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-57777935
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Created by Arcahaeoindris (talk). Self-nominated at 16:43, 7 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Sewage dumping in the United Kingdom; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
Whilst this article is technically just long enough (1544 B of readable prose), I consider it still a stub. And we don't run stubs on DYK. You'd need to expand the article and give it some structure (e.g. headings and a lead). Schwede66 23:00, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Schwede66: done :) plus added an ALT2. Arcahaeoindris (talk) 23:37, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
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- I'm concerned about the word "dumping", both in the text and the article title. Yes, when it's deliberately done, then it's dumping. But it's a loaded term in the context of an overflow during a storm event. The Guardian, for example, use "discharge", which I suggest is more neutral. For that reason, I've struck ALT0. - Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - no; please write "In 2022, a proposed House of Lords amendment to the Environment Bill would have forced water companies" in your own words
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please address the issues as outlined above; I prefer ALT2 Schwede66 08:43, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you - done :) Arcahaeoindris (talk) 19:36, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
My preference is for ALT2. Schwede66 22:35, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
