Talk:London sewer system

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Thames would want to raise the money involved through increased prices. The regulator Offwat is sceptical of their abilities as they fail to meet current repair targets. The Mayor is happy to blame Thames Water for any shortcomings but also wants to avoid taking any for the massive disruption that installing a new sewer system would have on traffic.
 * How does the above help to improve the article? Bob1960evens (talk) 10:12, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Sewer gas and street lamps
Am I correct if i state that the London sewer system delivered sewer-gas to the street latern system? If the gas is burning already, then there is hardly change for a gas explosion. Its nowadays "green energy". 213.17.27.144 (talk) 16:48, 1 June 2017 (UTC)


 * No, not correct. Please see Sewer gas destructor lamp for the real story. However, even had it been true that would not have negated the possibility of an explosion in a poorly ventilated sewer. Explosions occur when the flammable gas and oxygen coexist within a critical concentration range and are then exposed to a source of ignition. A lamp of safety design could still potentially burn such gas without it causing an explosion. The best analogy is the Davy lamp that could burn in a dangerous gas air mixture without igniting it, yet a stray spark outside of the lamp could cause a catastrophic explosion as regrettably sometimes happened - see Parc Slip colliery.  Velella  Velella Talk 20:07, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Requested move 16 September 2021

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Vpab15 (talk) 09:38, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

London sewerage system → London sewer system – NGRAMS shows that this has become the more common name in British English print sources (as well as US English ones) since 2000. (It also leads on Google Scholar) Sewer is also more concise and a simpler term. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  00:21, 16 September 2021 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Support as the common name based on the evidence above. Adumbrativus (talk) 01:40, 24 September 2021 (UTC)