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London's £5 billion new super sewer opens for the first time
LONDON’S new super sewer, designed to protect the River Thames from sewage pollution well into the future, has opened.
The first valves at four of a total of 21 sites, which operate like giant gates, along the seven metre-wide tunnel have opened.
The rest are due to come online in the coming months, when the sewer will reach full operating capacity.
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