I waded through a river of raw sewage to meet the man trying to save London’s waterways

In response, he founded the River Roding Trust (RRT) in 2019, funded largely by donations from local boaters. Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end povertyAn illegal outflow is one that releases sewage without a permit. “The government, the Environment Agency, Thames Water themselves, all have no idea where the illegal sewage is coming in,” he says. Thames Water knows it exists and has a permit to release sewage from it during periods of heavy rainfall. That would just be spewing out raw sewage otherwise.”Find out more about the work of the River Roding Trust.