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Access to Slaughter Stream Cave?

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senyahnoj

Guest
Please could someone tell me who I should contact to get access to Slaughter Stream Cave these days?

Thank you
 
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wallop

Guest
The last trip we done there was awfully smelly, just after Zuree Aven  :yucky:
Still a good cave none the less. (y)
 
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prahja

Member
It's mainly present (acutely) just after a big storm when the water company opens up its valves ! When there hasn't been a really big storm, with high levels of run off, then there is no fresh sewage present...
If you are thinking of a trip, ring one of the forest cavers, or drop Andy Clark a line, to find out current conditions...
It's interesting that they are allowed to do this (and we have tried to stop it) - after all it all enters the Wye after a couple of kilometres right into a very popular tourist (bathing) spot !!!
 
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Peter Burgess

New member
whitelackington said:
How does the water company  repeatedly get away with it?
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Very easy. And not a huge problem. When storm water overwhelms the normal surface drainage system, and storage tanks can't cope, the excess is discharged into the rivers etc. Because it is stormwater that has overwhelmed the system, the sewage is highly diluted, get washed away at speed, and is of little danger to anyone. Normal biological processes will dispatch whatever harmful content there is. The alternative is to construct vastly bigger storage capacity for what is actually almost 100 percent rainwater. It's only when sewage contains little or no rainwater that sewage treatment is absolutely vital, as there is no dilution effect and discharging untreated sewage has very serious consequences.
 
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Peter Burgess

New member
whitelackington said:
Peter I take it you have seen the sanitry towels in there stuck to the walls. :yucky:
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They won't bite you. How did they get there? Such things shouldn't be flushed down the bog, but of course some people don't know any better.
 
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