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…
June Sewage Pollution in South West England
There's been a few dryish days recently. Consequently you might expect South West Water's WaterFit Live map to be free of sewage pollution indications. However, sadly that is not the…
May Sewage Pollution in South West England
The May bank holiday is rapidly approaching, RNLI lifeguards are now patrolling the beaches of Devon and Cornwall and the Environment Agency has started issuing pollution risk warnings for designated bathing beaches. Here’s how their map looks today:
Here too is today’s WaterFit Live map from South West Water:
Meadfoot beach in Torbay isn’t “red flagged” on SWW’s map, but according to the Environment Agency there has been a sewage pollution incident affecting the beach today:
Here is this morning’s WaterFit Live map:
March Sewage Pollution in South West England
It’s the day after February 28th, and the previous month’s sewage pollution article is overflowing with almost continuous news of combined sewer overflow activations around the coast of Devon and Cornwall. I’ve taken the liberty of starting this article a day early, hoping rather than expecting that March will be a bit quieter.
After yet more rain overnight, here is this morning’s Surfers Against Sewage map of pollution around our coasts:
Starting with the local surfing beaches, sewage pollution has been occurring this morning at Widemouth Bay:
and the adjacent Trevone and Harlyn Bays, amongst numerous other places across Cornwall:
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