MermaidsAgainstSewage

Working towards cleaner, safer water in the River Stour.

[MermaidsAgainstSewage @MAsewage]

Help us with our bathing water application by completing our survey, signing up to help and supporting our facebook page - https://t.co/LLCpZbkCuI

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Good question. 👇

[BBC East @BBCLookEast]

River Stour swimmers criticise bathing water rule changes https://t.co/7mq1jTMJG3

[BBC Essex @BBCEssex]

River Stour swimmers criticise bathing water rule changes https://t.co/rICNwPsyUs

[MermaidsAgainstSewage @MAsewage]

It’s almost as if DEFRA don’t want to pass sites and hold polluters to account 🤔
https://t.co/EFXrloLogj
@bernardjenkin @Feargal_Sharkey @MrsCharlieJones @Effy_Yeomans

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Has @DefraGovUK / @EnvAgency relaunched their failed Chalk Stream Restoration Strategy yet or has the minister decided to organise another pointless roundtable / conference?

https://t.co/j3EtTalklQ

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

BREAKING: Public told to stay away from 8 beaches in the North West that have been polluted with sewage

@Ofwat you need to stop hiding, you need to be accountable, today, you need to explain exactly what the fu*k it is you've been doing the last 30 years

https://t.co/z2dFAP3MMX

[MermaidsAgainstSewage @MAsewage]

https://t.co/Uo6IsGb6Gx

[MermaidsAgainstSewage @MAsewage]

@Feargal_Sharkey so much passion for our bathing water application! We had almost 400 people join us at the weekend at our tiny beach in Manningtree! Please join us for a swim?

[MermaidsAgainstSewage @MAsewage]

https://t.co/Uo6IsGb6Gx

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"In 2022, there were 2986 hours of sewage spills into Salisbury rivers."

All of those rivers are chalk streams, all safeguarded using the highest form of international legal protection available as a Special Area of Conservation.

That's working then.

https://t.co/RAzSwfogea

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Dividends & profits of water companies cannot come from customers... "

That'll be news to every company on the planet never mind water companies. Oh boy.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Severn Trent Water apologises for slow sewage spills response," but still feel it's appropriate to pay their shareholders £260m in dividends.

Clearly not sorry enough.

https://t.co/Xc8P2UftL5

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Yep, you can't make this stuff up.

Surfers turning up to protest again sewage pollution were advised not to go into the sea because of... wait for it... wait for it... sewage pollution.

Ho hum.

https://t.co/fZPDK4zWQw

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"We're sorry". So sorry in fact that just 2 of the water companies have already announced they are going to pay shareholders £550m over coming weeks.

PS. I see that Liv Garfield, salary last year £3.9m is not on the list of CEOs giving up their bonuses.

https://t.co/cZrBJN5XqR

[Surfers Against Sewage @sascampaigns]

Water companies need to put THEIR money where their mouths are. Customers have already paid once. These greedy fat cats are asking us to foot the bill again while they continue to pay out dividends. NOT GOOD ENOUGH. 😡 #SewageScandal
https://t.co/uWNG4chn7M

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"The nerve of these people charing us for their failure."

Me in today's @DailyMailUK

[Surfers Against Sewage @sascampaigns]

Actions, not words, matter.
Water companies have told us they're going to change. But why should we trust them? This new plan is no different with these profiteering polluters planning for consumers to foot the bill, again. We won't stand for it.

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