February Sewage Pollution in South West England
There has been no let up in the wet weather and consequent sewage pollution since Storm Chandra hit South West England a week ago. Here's South West Water's current map…
Storm Chandra Sewage Pollution
The Met Office has issued a series of weather warnings across the United Kingdom due to the approaching Storm Chandra, including an amber warning for rain along the south coast…
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:
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:
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…
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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