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…
February Sewage Pollution in South West England
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:
Are UK Water Companies “Merchants of Doubt”?
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…
Storm Éowyn (and Herminia!) in Devon and Cornwall
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…
January Sewage Pollution in South West England
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:
Storm Darragh in Devon and Cornwall
The Met Office has issued an amber warning for both wind and rain across South West England. There is also a red warning for wind across West Wales and the…
December Sewage Pollution in South West England
Before we get on to the large number of sewage pollution incidents around the coast of Devon and Cornwall at the beginning of December, we have an announcement to make.The…
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…
October Sewage Pollution in South West England
South West Water's WaterFit Live map of combined sewer overflow (CSO for short) activations currently only contains a couple of offline event duration monitors (EDM for short) at Totnes and…
September Sewage Pollution in South West England
The Met Office has issued a series of yellow weather warnings for heavy rain across Devon and Cornwall, from the evening of Wednesday September 4th until midnight on Friday September…
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