Being surrounded by a bracingly warming atmosphere, Isleworth accommodates especially tranquil and serene residential streets; primary and secondary schools are elongated in almost every corner, and congenial parks -being conveniently close- contain a hospitably kind community (my statement has absolutely no link to the fact that my home happens to be situated in Isleworth).

Despite the town’s wonderfully positive aspects, I have noticed that a sickening stench has overtaken the air; to such drastic extent that it is momentarily “Impossible to open windows for fresh air,” as stated by one of the residents of Linkfield road. In addition to a high number of complaints on the majority of local forums, along with the occasional hesitance of relocating their home to settle in Isleworth: “there is a problem with a smell but only when it is too hot,” the local residents criticize the issue not being solved back in March 2014, resulting in the subject making the headline news of GetwestLondon.

Hounslow council –on several accounts- has promised to mend the stench which originates from the sewage works in April 2014, yet 2015 seems to be the termination of the solution. September sure is not an extremely searing month of the year, yet some people have been heard to object the Borough’s monthly site inspection of the sewage tanks being described as “empty and clean”. 

As of March 2014, Thames Water has agreed to negotiate with Mogden Sewage Treatment Works; resulting in an uplift of capacity by 50% in May, which Thames Water stated was expected to help decrease the amount of effluvium escaping the sewage works’ site. Such adjustments tremendously improved Isleworth’s reputation in terms of stench, though it seems that as soon as schools open for a new term whilst children begin to wake unusually early, said waste site somehow manages to appear unstoppably uncontainable; we have yet to hear from Hounslow Council’s solutions for the season of frosty winter this year.

 

By Krystina Hynda, Gumley House Convent School