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Sewage Watch – Our polluted rivers and beaches – Week 2

Read the latest press on the state of sewage dumping into our rivers and onto our beaches. Last update 21 April 2023.

Jon Hill by Jon Hill
21 April 2023
in Broken Britain, Environment
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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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Jon is a committed European. Ever since he moved to Brussels as teenager, he has lived, studied and worked in many European countries. He and his Scottish wife brought up their two daughters in Munich for ten years. What he learned from living in Europe as well as Africa and Asia is that, whilst UK does a lot of things really well, other countries do many things better. So that's why he believes we should learn from other countries especially our European neighbours. Jon loves Britain and many things British but we cannot resurrect the Empire!

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