Here's a sewage/wildlife feel good story to lift your spirits before we get into the Spills. A swan mistakenly landed in an open sewage vat in East Sussex, England. The swan was trapped in the Uckfiled (I can't imagine a more appropriate name for a sewage treatment facility) Water Treatment Works because it didn't have enough "runway" room in the sewage vat to get the speed it needed to take off. Animal rescue services were called and after performing some delicate maneuvers with a net and "swan hooks" rescuers were able to remove the trapped waterfowl from the disgusting mess it had gotten into. The bird escaped unharmed but rescuers reportedly got "soaked" - gross.

Now the Spills of the Week: