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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

We feel we're fighting a losing battle': the race to remove millions of plastic beads from Camber Sands

Millions of 5mm black biobeads from a Southern Water treatment-plant failure contaminated Camber Sands, prompting tedious volunteer-led beach cleanups and environmental concern.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

How AI revealed sewer was blocked by a dumbbell and a fatberg

Engineers have used artificial intelligence to spot blockages in a sewer in Kent. Southern Water used radar sensors to discover a fatberg and a gym weight blocking a sewage pipe in Folkestone. The obstruction was uncovered in Chalcroft Road after electronic sewer monitors flagged unusual wastewater levels. Southern Water's team arrived at the site before the sewer could flood, and discovered the fatberg wrapped around the gym weight. The AI radars have been trained to learn normal sewer behaviours and identify when blockages are appearing.
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