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…
Ofwat’s 2024 Price Review
In a press release this morning Ofwat announced the findings of their draft price review for 2025-29: Ofwat has today proposed allowing a spending package of £88bn by water companies.…
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:
(more…)Conservative General Election Campaign Kicks Off
Given the recent nationwide opinion polls I cannot help but think that some Conservative Members of Parliament in South West England must be fearing for their seats: https://twitter.com/ElectsWorld/status/1755968592523247803 Call me…
Sewage Pollution Following Storm Isha
I posed a (rather rhetorical) question to our regular reader(s) on XTwitter yesterday, and the answer arrived in next to no time: https://twitter.com/west_devon_info/status/1748853663987028292 This evening Storm Isha is unleashing her…
An Unhappy New Year for South West Surfers
What with one thing and another we decided not to go for a New Year's Day surfing session in the North Atlantic. We went for a walk this morning instead,…
Have a Very Smelly Xmas
It's Christmas Eve and we've received Xmas greetings from South West Water. As well as a revised water bill for a quarter of the amount of the original one, comes…
Christmas is Coming, and so is Sewage Pollution
Following the severe storms last weekend a smaller storm is crossing the West Country this morning. Here's the Met Office forecast for today's accumulated rainfall by midday: That shows around…
Sewage Pollution Following Storms Elin and Fergus
It's been raining a lot recently here in the West Country. What's more the Met Office are forecasting plenty more: https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1733146977196503218 Here is the current Surfers Against Sewage sewage pollution…
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…