27/03/2024
Shocking sewage statistics released today. Massive rise in sewage dumping again, with more than double the previous years.
A shocking failure by the UK government to effectively regulate the privatised water companies, mostly owned by offshore entities.
🚨📢Another year, another total 💩show from the greedy, incompetent mess that is our water industry. 📢🚨
With such large figures being thrown about, it's easy to become numb to the reality of the situation. But don’t fall for the spin – the deluge of 💩 pouring into our rivers and seas is a generational scandal where a broken system, fuelled by greed, is causing catastrophic harm to lives, livelihoods and the natural world.
Yes, last year was a wet year, but this increase in spewing sewage is jaw-dropping. Our spineless authorities must finally see the industry’s promises for the smokescreen that they are. No more stern words from lecterns and slaps on the wrist; it’s time for punishments that directly impact the industry’s bottom line.
Today's shocking figures will only fuel our fire to make 2024 the year when the tide finally turns on the sewage scandal. A cresting wave of public anger, a general election and water companies setting out their investment plans make this year a now-or-never moment for the campaign to end sewage pollution, and we’re not going to let it pass.
📢We’re calling everyone to join our national day of action on 🚨Saturday 18th May🚨 where surfers, swimmers, anglers, and water lovers of all stripes will stand up in protest against the sewage polluters. This wave of paddle-out protests across the UK will show those in power, in no uncertain terms, we’re sick of your 💩 and you must act to end the sewage scandal now. 📢
