In our second edition of Sewage Watch we present the latest on our sewage crisis. Even the professional bodies are weighing in to say we should “cut the crap”! From Sussex to Leicester and Cheshire, the picture’s the same. Plus – Europe cleans up its water while UK pollutes.
This week 14-20 April 2023
Daily iNews – Save Britain’s Rivers Campaign
20 April 2023 Sussex World – Southern Water explains 250 hour sewage release in Felpham
19 April 2023 World Economic Forum – UK waters are too polluted to swim in – but European countries offer answers
18 April 2023 Cheshire Live – Cyclist’s ‘sewage’ fears after ‘abhorrent’ sighting on River Dee
18 April 2023 The Telegraph – Water companies accused of sewage discharge cover-up by failing to fix faulty monitors
18 April 2023 This is Money – The big stink: Water firms making ‘a mockery’ of efforts to link bosses’ bonuses to pollution targets
17 April 2023 Big Issue North – Top of the Poops
17 April 2023 New Civil Engineer – England’s adoption of Schedule 3 is a watershed moment
17 April 2023 Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) – Combined sewer overflows – it’s time we cut the crap
17 April 2023 Loughborough University – UK waters are too polluted to swim in – but European countries offer answers
17 April 2023 Leicester Mercury – Questions raised over amount of raw sewage being emptied into Leicestershire waters
15 April 2023 Gloucestershire Live – Severn Trent blasted for ‘broken promises’ and ‘continuous sewage spills’ in Gloucestershire
14 April 2023 Sussex World – Pop star Feargal Sharkey shares Eastbourne water quality concerns
From previous weeks …
15 April 2023 Westbury People’s Gallery – The Shit Song Video
13 April 2023 Reading Chronicle – Reading: Charity furious at sewage dumping in Foudry Brook
13 April 2023 The Express – British seaside hit with sewage – full list of affected holiday hotspots
13 April 2023 The Guardian – More than 7,500 days’ worth of raw sewage dumped in ministers’ constituencies
12 April 2023 East Anglia Bylines – Victory and disappointment for River Deben campaigners
12 April 2023 The Times – Sewage dumped on shellfish without assessment, government admits
8 April 2023 The Sun – THAT STINKS Sewage pumped into waters at Britain’s popular seaside towns a stomach-churning 125,000 hours last year
7 April 2023 The Telegraph – Cotswolds has become sewage ‘dumping ground’.
4 April 2023 Mail Online – Is your favourite beach one of England’s sewage hotspots?
3 April 2023 Top of the Pops – 375,000 “sewage spills” into waterways in 2022, lasting 2,291,055 hours
3 April 2023 Bylines Cymru – Welsh rivers see some of the worst sewage dumping in the UK
12 March 2023 Windrush Against Sewage Pollution (WASP) – Walk and Talk in Witney
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