Talk:River Effra

West Norwood and Dulwich

The river doesn't flow through West Norwood. It flows through Dulwich. This is important because there have in recent years been problems with The Effra in Dulwich in spite of the historic problems futher down river in Brixton & Lambeth. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alec - U.K. (talk • contribs) .

I have removed this paragraph because almost all of it is wrong or misleading in some way.

The river rises near Crystal Palace, London, then flows through Norwood and then Brixton before emptying into the River Thames near Vauxhall Bridge. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alec - U.K. (talk • contribs) .

Contradiction

Why not just remove any parts that are disputed/contradict and/or provide a source for the correct information. MRSC • Talk 18:15, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Unearthing the Effra

I've changed the title of this section from 'Arts Pro - Mock Local Campaign' added by Alec - U.K. to 'Unearthing the Effra' which I think is more descriptive and a little less confusing. Hope everyone is happy with this. NickW 22:45, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Water Companies

I think there should be a list of the water companies that took water from the Shore or the Effra. I know from a television programme that the Lambeth Water Company took water from the Effra and this was blamed by one of the pioneers of the british insurance industry for cholera cases in the 1800s. And what about the Vauxhall Water Company did it draw water from the Effra near the park in Kennington or the Thames near the mouth of the Effra? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.80.103.44 (talk) 15:24, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Effra Timeline

I think there should be a timeline about matters relating to the river Effra. This could have infomation about which water companies took water from the river. 79.72.136.68 (talk) 15:29, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

History of the River

I heard a story that Walter Raleigh once sailed up the river. If this is true the river must have been hugely bigger in Elizabethan times. Does anyone know anything about this? Can they corobborate this or dispel the myth? Thanks  SmokeyTheCat  •TALK• 10:22, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Nonsense

I've checked back on this article and large sections of it seem to have been turned into incomprehensible gibberish. What does "At least four of these limbs can operate to enable overflow, as opposed to normal flow, and it is not known how many Southwark distributaries ran before the known diversion to Vauxhall was made in the 13th century" even mean? What does "surface water local solutions" convey that a simpler "storm drains" does not? Might have to rewrite this (again).Svejk74 (talk) 22:12, 3 August 2021 (UTC)