A British woman who once swam regularly in the ocean between Southsea and Eastney says she believes she contracted Hepatitis A from dirty water at the seafront. Speaking to Portsmouth News, Hannah Murray, a 38-year-old mental health professional, says she swam in the waters “two or three” times per week before becoming sick last June. […]
Almost every designated bathing beach on the UK’s southeast coast is at risk from an “unprecedented” level of sewage discharge, environmental campaigners have said. Monitoring of data published by Southern Water this month reveals the scale of storm overflow sewage discharges into coastal bathing waters. Southern Water discharged sewage into UK water for more than […]
The annual water quality report from environmental charity, Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), has revealed that sewage discharges into coastal waters have increased by 87.6 per cent in the last year. Over the past 12 months (1 October 2020 to 30 September 2021), 5,517 sewage discharge notifications were issued by water companies warning of sewage pollution […]
Footage has emerged of untreated sewage spewing into Langstone Harbour in Hampshire for 49 hours. Filmmaker Chris Pearsall captured footage using his drone of Southern Water discharging sewage into Langstone Harbour on 21 October. The waste came from a Southern Water treatment plant in Havant, Hampshire, and continued for 49 hours. This follows news that […]
Southern Water have been fined £90 million for illegally dumping raw sewage into the sea across the south coast. According to Carve, the company wilfully discharged untreated sewage 7,000 times between 2010- 2015, equating to 61,700 hours of pollution impacting sensitive coastal habitats and popular recreational areas. Southern Water pleaded guilty to 51 counts of […]