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Sewage: Sea swimmers want political action over pollution (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Swimmers and surfers have said they are scared to go in the sea due to fears about sewage.

Ahead of the general election, activists said they wanted to see change because "people are getting ill".

Surfers Against Sewage said it was hearing about "alleged illegal spillages" almost every day.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

1990. They have been dealing with this shit for 34 years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Langland Bay in Gower, Swansea county, attracts hundreds of swimmers and surfers, but swimming group leader Howard Jones said fewer people now wanted to take a dip.

Welsh Water, which provides services for the majority of communities in Wales, previously said the illegal discharge of untreated sewage was "inevitable" given the scale and age of its infrastructure.

"A UK Labour government will keep pushing for improvements, including by giving regulators the powers to block the payment of bonuses to executives who pollute our waterways.

"The Welsh Conservatives have long called for Labour and NRW to hold water firms to account and issue penalty fines.

"Plaid Cymru firmly believes that the supply and treatment of water in Wales should ultimately be managed by a single publicly-owned body," it said.

Reform UK said it "would impose a proper system of regulation with very heavy fines for water companies that pollute our natural environment".

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