Essays on Thames River

In 2008, the Thames River was a polluted mess. There were many untreated sewage, industrial waste, and garbage deposits which made the river not only an environmental nightmare, but a risk to public health. The primary souce of the pollution in the Thames river was caused by thousands of gallons of untreated raw sewage, which overflowed into the river from the overwhelmed sewage treatment infrastructure in London during storms and periods of heavy rainfall. Due to inadequate funding for and development of infrastructure necessary to prevent ecological disasters like the mass expulsion of waste water into the Thames, the ...

Introduction

The River Thames is the second longest river in the United Kingdom and it is famous for passing through cities such as London, Oxford, Reading, and Windsor, among others (Robert et al. 435). The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the importance as well as some of the strategies that can be used to clean River Thames.

Necessity for Cleaning the River Thames

In spite of the fact that River Thames’ water is widely considered the cleanest among all rivers flowing through cities, it is unsafe for any human activities. According to Robert et al., the water is not safe for consumption (436).

The river contains raw or untreated sewage

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Rome brought light to the darkest and the most barbaric places of the world, and if and when it did, these were areas that posed value to the strategic interests of the empire rather than be regions that needed civilizing. Britain was the island whose unique geography allowed founding a city serving the imperial interests well. Its conquest improved the image of the empire as a formidable force to reckon with and enhanced the reputation of the emperor. Furthermore, the introduction of religious and cultural buildings into Londinium served the ideological purpose of exposing the new subjects to the ...