April Sewage Pollution in South West England
Following a long dry spell the Met Office have issued a yellow warning for heavy rain across Devon and Cornwall this afternoon: The first few of what is likely to…
Following a long dry spell the Met Office have issued a yellow warning for heavy rain across Devon and Cornwall this afternoon: The first few of what is likely to…
After several dry days a band of rain is once again crossing South West England. Needless to say there are already several sewage pollution warnings on this morning’s WaterFit Live map from South West Water:
Before we dive into the details of those, yesterday afternoon the Environment Agency issued an “Advice against bathing” warning due to sewage pollution at Westward Ho!
On the south coast of Cornwall there are already ongoing CSO activations at Falmouth, Penzance and Polurrian Cove near Mullion:
The "Merchants of Doubt" in my title for today refers to a book of that name written by Erik M. Conway and Naomi Oreskes. Here's a trailer for the film…
I've been looking at the UK Met Office's forecast charts for the coming weekend, and this one issued at noon yesterday shows a very strong storm arriving north of Ireland…
After a long dry spell the heavens have opened over South West England once again. Here is this evening’s WaterFit Live map from South West Water:
In our corner of Devon there have been multi-hour CSO activations at Woolacombe, Ilfracombe and Lynmouth, plus our nearest surfing beach at Widemouth Bay in North Cornwall: