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BBC News
11-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Southampton flats released sewage into river for 35 years
A block of flats has been illegally releasing wastewater straight into a river for more than 35 years, a water company has Water said it found the worst misconnection staff had ever seen at Royal Court on Upper Grosvenor Road in Trinder, from the water operator's illegal connections team, said since 1989 it could have released 11 million litres of sewage into the River Itchen from toilets company said it was now working to put the situation right. Mr Trinder, who tracks the sources of contamination into surface water drains from homes and businesses, said: "I've never seen anything like this before. "It can take a lot of work to track down one faulty connection but it's important work as a single loo can produce 20,000 litres of sewage a year." 'Off the charts' He said in addition to the sewage, water from showers, baths, dishwashers and washing machines would also have flowed into the river."We knew we were on to something big as soon as we started sampling – the contamination was off the charts," he team lifted a series of manholes to trace the issue and eventually arrived at Upper Grosvenor Road."We put our CCTV camera down the surface water pipe and couldn't believe our eyes – rows of private sewage pipes were punched through the side and into the drainage pipe," Mr Trinder recalled."This pipe then runs straight into the Itchen."Darko Zlatarek, the misconnections team leader, said the case was "on another level".He described the Itchen as "such a sensitive habitat" and said Southern Water was "spending millions in the area to protect wildlife and support a council application for a new bathing water designation".The company was hit with a £90m fine four years ago, after raw sewage was discharged across Hampshire, West Sussex and Kent. Usually it is the duty of householders to correct Southern Water said the "scale and importance" of the find meant it was seeking the landowner's permission to fix it without the discovery the company has been pumping out the sewage before it reaches the Itchen and taking it away by tanker to be 15 flats were constructed in 1989, prior to the creation of Southern company recently signed deals worth approximately £540m to "boost" its wastewater network performance across the South East. You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
Axios
10-03-2025
- Business
- Axios
What the Goldman Sachs new Dallas campus will look like
Goldman Sachs is doubling down on Dallas as it prepares to open an 800,000-square-foot campus in the city. Why it matters: New York City is the country's longstanding financial hub, but businesses are drawn to Dallas because of its relative affordability and space. A survey last year found that Dallas was site selectors' top city for new corporate offices. Two stock exchanges are also opening in Dallas. Driving the news: Goldman has reportedly told its managers in New York to relocate to either Dallas or Salt Lake City as part of a cost-cutting effort. The intrigue: Dallas is home to Goldman's largest U.S. workforce outside New York City, per Business Insider. The company's Victory Park office is expected to be completed by 2028. Flashback: Goldman has had an office in Dallas since 1968 and has around 4,000 employees in North Texas. State of play: The company's 3-acre project will have capacity for more than 5,000 workers. It will include a 14-story tower, rooftop gardens, bike parking, child care, and multiple dining options, Business Insider reports. The company is also developing a 1.5-acre park adjacent to the campus. "We build for expansion, and this office is designed to accommodate future growth," Goldman executive Ben Trinder told Business Insider last month. What they're saying: Goldman executives have said Dallas' affordability and culture add to its allure. "When people come, the feedback that I hear quite a bit is that they are overwhelmed by that Southern hospitality and open-door culture that we tend to have," Oksana Beard, a global head at Goldman, told Business Insider last month. Between the lines: Goldman is among several companies that have axed diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives after conservative blowback and a series of court rulings questioning quotas. The company said last month that it was canceling a pledge to ensure diversity on the boards of the companies it helps go public. Zoom out: North Texas has several campus-style corporate offices, including Toyota's North American headquarters and JPMorgan Chase's regional headquarters, both of which are in Plano. Wells Fargo plans to open a 22-acre campus in Las Colinas this year to consolidate its offices in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The lakeside project will feature solar panels, a food hall and access to golf courses.
