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Thames Water Accepts Liability for Herne Hill Bike Shop Stench
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- Thames Water accepted liability for the toxic sewage stench at Bicycle Nation bike shop in Herne Hill.
- Thames Water will install odour monitors to detect gases in real time.
- A Thames Water engineer linked the stench to dry weather and an unreplaced cast-iron ventilation pipe.
- Owner Tamas Polocz warned the shop is unsustainable as staff frequently evacuate and call in sick.