The 'Genius of Place': Mitigating Stench in the New Palace of Westminster before the Great Stink

Hillier, Joseph; Bell, Sarah

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“…This would cause the water to be unusable for recreation, navigation, fishing, drinking, or any other purposes for that matter [20,21]. One of the most famous examples of eutrophication is "the great stink" of London in 1958 [22]. It was so famous because the extreme smell of the high nitrogen-and phosphate-containing human wastes and industrial discharges floating over the river Thames went on to disrupt the British parliament.…”

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Ditching Phosphatic Fertilizers for Phosphate-Solubilizing Biofertilizers: A Step towards Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Health

2023

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Chemical phosphatic fertilizers are mainly produced from phosphate rocks, a natural reserve that is depleting rapidly. These chemical phosphatic fertilizers are polluting the environment at an alarming rate as a result of injudicious application to farmlands. On the other hand, phosphate-solubilizing biofertilizers (PSBs) are often considered better alternatives to industrial phosphatic fertilizers in many ways. PSBs are microorganisms capable of solubilizing insoluble forms of phosphate into soluble plant-usable forms. This paper is written with the objective of discussing the impacts of phosphatic fertilizers and making the case for why we should shift to PSBs instead. Phosphatic fertilizers have numerous impacts on the environment (water bodies, land resources, and air), and micro- and macro-organisms, including humans. Chemical fertilizers also tend to be more expensive, especially for farmers in developing countries. On the contrary, PSBs tend to be safer and way more beneficial than their chemical counterparts in that they are environmentally friendly and cheaper options of availing plant-usable phosphorus. PSBs are also involved in other beneficial roles such as the production of phytohormones and secretion of anti-phytopathogenic metabolites. The phytohormones enhance plant growth and the metabolites render crops immunity against phytopathogens. Hence, it is vital to replace chemical phosphatic fertilizers with PSB inoculants both to prevent the irreversible impacts of chemical fertilizers and to take advantage of the numerous benefits of PSBs. Moreover, it does not seem as if there is an option given the fact that the global phosphate reserve is depleting and the impact of fertilizer on the environment is worsening as time goes by.

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“…The water quality and ecology of the River Thames was greatly damaged as the human waste produced by the population was directly routed into the river. This caused widespread and regular outbreaks of cholera, and resulted in “The Great Stink” of 1858, during which the smell from the river forced Parliament to close (Hillier & Bell, 2010 ). This ultimately led directly to the UK Government undertaking large-scale sanitation improvements and the building of sewage treatment works (STWs) which transformed the ecological health of the Thames.…”

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A Tale of Two Rivers: Can the Restoration Lessons of River Thames (Southern UK) Be Transferred to River Hindon (Northern India)?

Sharma

Joshi

Bowes

2021

Water Air Soil Pollut

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This study identifies the basin scale factors and potential remedies to restore the severely polluted Hindon River in India, by comparing with another basin with high population density: the River Thames in the UK. Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and dissolved oxygen (DO) in the Thames River are usually around 8 mg/l and 7.5 mg/l respectively, while phosphorus and ammonium range between 0.1–0.6 mg/l and 0.1–0.4 mg/l respectively. The Thames has seen great improvements in water quality over the past decades, due to high levels of sewage treatment and regulation of industrial effluents which have improved water quality conditions. Conversely, the Hindon River suffers from extremely poor water quality and this is mainly attributed to the direct discharge of partially treated or untreated municipal and industrial wastewater into the river. BOD is in the range of 15–60 mg/l and DO is below 5 mg/l. Phosphorus ranges around 2–6 mg/l at most of the monitoring stations and ammonia-nitrogen in the range of 10–40 mg /l in Galeta at Hindon. The analysis of variance also depicts the spatial and temporal variation in water quality in the Hindon River. Besides, non-point sources, pollution from point sources with minimal base flow in the river during dry season, result in low dilution capacity causing high pollutant concentrations which impacts the river ecosystem and fisheries. To restore the Hindon River, resources must be focussed on mainly treating sewage and industrial effluents and by developing appropriate river basin management and regulatory plans.

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Nineteenth century London water supply: Processes of innovation and improvement

Tynan

2012

Rev Austrian Econ

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The 'Genius of Place': Mitigating Stench in the New Palace of Westminster before the Great Stink

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

Ditching Phosphatic Fertilizers for Phosphate-Solubilizing Biofertilizers: A Step towards Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Health

Ditching Phosphatic Fertilizers for Phosphate-Solubilizing Biofertilizers: A Step towards Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Health

A Tale of Two Rivers: Can the Restoration Lessons of River Thames (Southern UK) Be Transferred to River Hindon (Northern India)?

Nineteenth century London water supply: Processes of innovation and improvement

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