October Sewage Pollution in South West England
After a few days of warm, sunny weather the Met Office in Exeter issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain last night: The heavens duly opened across South West…
September Sewage Pollution in South West England
Following sewage pollution incidents all around the coast of South West England on August 31st we’ve since enjoyed/endured 6 days of an official heatwave. However that hasn’t prevented a heavy shower this morning causing the activation of several combined sewer overflows in Plymouth. Here is the Met Office’s rain radar map at 6 AM this morning:
Here is South West Water’s WaterFit Live map of Plymouth a few hours later:
(more…)The September Heatwave in South West England
The United Kingdom Health Security Agency has issued a yellow Heat-Health Alert for South West England between 2 PM today and 9 PM on Sunday:
According to an associated Met Office press release:
(more…)The Campaign to Save Devon’s Mobile Libraries
I learned about the current campaign to save Devon’s mobile libraries during Sir Geoffrey Cox MP's "village surgery" in the Baxter Hall at Petrockstowe last week. Since then a reader…
Autumnal Sewage Pollution at Widemouth Bay and Bude
The end of meteorological summer is upon us. Schools go back next week. Storms are raging in the North Atlantic. It's time to start checking the surf forecast at our…
The Continuing Drought in West Devon
It became clear last week that South West Water (SWW) won’t be lifting the current hosepipe ban here in West Devon for quite some time. As a result of a process that began on August 1st, the hosepipe ban in Cornwall will be lifted on September 25th, 8 weeks later.
South West Water’s next decision point for the Roadford Water Resource Zone is later this week, on September 1st. SWW haven’t released a set of reservoir water level graphs for the week ending August 27th yet. However they have published this summary infographic today:
Here are some pictures we took earlier this week at Roadford Lake, showing what the current water level of 55% looks like in reality:
Comparing this week’s water level with last week’s graph it is clear that the “Decision point for TUB removal” on September 1st is well below the current level:
The West Devon Weather
We hope to automate the process of producing a weather forecast and weather warning system for West Devon and the nearby coast. For the moment, however, this is almost all…
Bank Holiday Sewage in the South West’s Seas
We could see it coming from many miles away:
Here is August Bank Holiday Friday’s first sewage pollution incident of the long weekend around the long coastline of South West England, courtesy of South West Water’s “Water Fit Live” map:
(more…)A Reader Writes re Devon’s Mobile Libraries
On Monday Lisa, our trusty Nissan LEAF electric vehicle, conveyed me to Shebbear Village Hall for a pre-arranged meeting with my new Member of Parliament, Sir Geoffrey Cox KC: However…
South West Water Announce Lifting of Hosepipe Ban in Cornwall
Earlier today South West Water issued a press release, which reads as follows: South West Water can confirm we will lift the hosepipe restrictions in Cornwall and Upper Tamar on 25th…