November Sewage Pollution in South West England

After a long dry spell it has started raining once again in South West England. This evening South West Water’s WaterFit Live map of combined sewer overflow activations looks like this:


There are ongoing sewage pollution “spills” at St.Agnes, Penzance, Pentewan, Fowey and Salcombe:

[Update – November 23rd]

It never rains, but it pours! Yesterday the Met Office issued yellow weather warnings for both strong winds and heavy rain across South West England this weekend:

The inclement weather is caused by the arrival of Storm Bert, forecast to reach a central mean sea level pressure of 937 hPa at noon today:

Here’s how the WaterFit Live map looks this morning:

There is ongoing sewage pollution at Exmouth, Seaton and Budleigh Salterton amongst other locations:

To be continued…


Jim Hunt

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