Feargal Sharkey We call it shitewashing Wessex Water call it innovation which they have redefined as having to warn oyster fisheries of sewage discharges they use computers and AI to predict it. We just use a 2020s saying: if it rains there be shit in those storm drains #Sewage Scandal #Sewage
Iโve just signed this & given a donation to help fund the fight. All water companies should be sued until all the damage is reversed. Well done ๐ Jo & Good Law Project #Sewage Scandal #Sewage
River Avon in the centre of Bath this morning, pollution as far as the eye can see
#SewageScandal RiverActionUK
Todayโs South West Water #SewagePollution map reveals many more incidents along the south coast:
West-Devon.info/2024/04/south-โฆ
Amongst the usual suspects there are ongoing CSO activations at #Plymouth , #Torbay and #Sidmouth .
Cc: Rt Hon Johnny Mercer Luke Pollard MP
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After an all too brief interlude thereโs been a bit of rain over the last two days:
West-Devon.info/2024/04/south-โฆ
Hence all of a sudden there's plenty of #SewagePollution along the south coasts of #Devon and #Cornwall once again.
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Last week, Liberal Democrats forced a vote in Parliament to fight plans to weaken the water regulator's ability to fine water companies for sewage dumping.
Labour &Tories voted to weaken Ofwat
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โ ๏ธTOXIC THAMES: Steve Backshall and River Action's CEO James Wallace reveal dangerous pollution levels in the River Thames ๐ฉโ ๏ธ
In case you missed BBC Breakfast on Monday, you can catch up here ๐บ ๐ #SewageScandal #ToxicThames #RescueBritainsRivers
So it stopped raining yesterday afternoon and yet Thames Water are still pumping ๐ฉ into our rivers this morning ๐ก Feargal Sharkey #Sewage Scandal #Sewage #ThamesWater ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
Today's #WaterFitLive map shows a better picture:
West-Devon.info/2024/04/south-โฆ
However there are two big black flies in the seaside ointment.
The Environment Agency has issued โAdvice against bathingโ alerts due to #SewagePollution at both #Meadfoot and #Beer beaches:
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'Soiled seas and huge shareholder dividends: where has the ยฃ64bn borrowed by firms since privatisation gone?' - George Monbiot
How the overseas owners of the UKโs water companies clean up by polluting our rivers ๐ฝ๐
#SewageScandal #RescueBritainsRivers
theguardian.com/commentisfree/โฆ
Thanks Farnham Herald Petersfield Post for publishing our parliamentary candidateโs Dominic Martin article on the #sewagescandal Working with local environmental groups to help clean up East Hants rivers is a @libdems priority PeCAN Alton Climate Action Network
Adam Vaughan COPI (Central Office of Public Interest) Est 5 million people swim, surf, canoe, kayak, SUP in uk #openwater potentially polluted with raw #sewage then add 10m beach users to that; 15 million of us A small minority: government, fat cat CEOs & investors are taking that away from us. Itโs time to stop this #SewageScandal
Can we put you down for a couple of cases Feargal Sharkeyโฆโฆโฆโฆ.?
#SewageScandal #SickOfSewage
The environment & stopping sewage being dumped in our rivers should be the priority for Ofwat NOT water company profits!
#SewageScandal #TorySewageParty
theguardian.com/environment/20โฆ
Est 5 million people swim, surf, canoe, kayak, SUP in uk #openwater potentially polluted with raw #sewage then add 10m beach users to that; 15 million of us A small minority: government, fat cat CEOs & investors are taking that away from us. Itโs time to stop this #SewageScandal