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Building an understanding of how extreme weather events directly affect our waterways and pollution levels. Taking direct action to demand clean water.


Dirty Water Action Pack

The pack covers the Waves of actions which began with Wave 1starting on the 28th January 2023. Itand has all the information you need to take part in each Wave.

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Maps

Environment Agency Water Basin Catchment Areas

SAS Safer Rivers and Seas Map

EDM Map | Storm discharge data | River health | Thames Water (in real-time)

Raw sewage in our rivers | The Rivers Trust monitor sewage in your local area: real-time data map

Map shows raw sewage emptied into Worcestershire rivers | Worcester News

Articles (in date order/newest at the bottom)

11 March 2021 Hundreds of sewage leaks detected thanks to AI

31 March 2021 water firms discharged raw sewage into english waters 400000 times last year

7 Sept 2021 Sewage discharge rules eased over fears of chemical shortage

25 Oct 2021 BBC: Tory MPs defend votes after uproar over sewage proposals

13 May 2022 Sewage dumps into English rivers widespread, criminal inquiry suspects

25 Aug 2022 UK sewage turning Channel and North Sea into dumping ground, say French MEPs

27 Aug 2022 Liz Truss allowed farmers to pollute England’s rivers after ‘slashing red tape’, say campaigners

River pollution goes unchecked as testing in England falls to 10-year low 2 Sept 2022

14 Sept 2022 ‘We are not going away’: the volunteers fighting back against England’s polluted rivers

Environment Agency knew sewage was being dumped into rivers years ago, leak reveals 1 Oct 2022

Water companies forced to cut £150m from customers bills 3rd Oct 2022

Protesters to take to beaches over sewage discharges into English seas 7 Oct 2022

‘Hot air’: plans to crack down on UK water polluters dismissed as toothless 15 Oct 2022

River pollution: New phosphate rules hit thousands of planned new homes 24 October 2022

This article gives a good account of the enormous impact of dairy farms on rivers in Devon 25 Oct 2022

Massive sewage spill filmed at St Agnes beach in Cornwall 30 Oct 2022

MPs who voted for sewage: Full list of MPs who voted to continue | Politics | News | Express.co.uk Oct 27, 2021

Ministers have no idea how many beaches in England shut due to sewage | Pollution | The Guardian 6 Nov 2022

9 Nov 2022 Environment Agency Prosecutions 6% of the Level they were a Decade Ago

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in UK rivers close to factory farms | Th) e Independent 22 Nov 2022

Swimming in superbugs: MRSA and E coli found in British rivers — The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (en-GB) (thebureauinvestigates.com) November 22 2022

Water companies dumping sewage during dry weather, SAS report finds 24 Nov 2022

BBC: Wild swimmers are getting sick from sewage, campaigners say 24 Nov 2022

Water chiefs blame UK government for failure to stop sewage pollution 26 Nov 2022

Government to weaken water pollution goals in ‘attack on nature 9 Dec 2022

Target date for cleaning up waterways in England is moved back by 36 years 22 Dec 2022

6 Jan Bloomberg Thams Water Sewage Maps shows pollution in London

16 Jan Moody Ratings Agency downgrades outlook for UK Water Companies

Sarah Jackson: British windsurfer says south coast like 'surfing in sewage everyday 27 Jan 2023

Water company shareholders will need to help vulnerable customers bear the cost of living squeeze: Ofwat 27 Jan 2023

Sewage Overspills result from lack of infrastructure Imperial College 30 Jan 2023

Impending death of the River Wye 30 Jan 2023

Water firms in England urged to upgrade sewage works for new homes 31st Jan 2023

Contained in this Environment Plan is a promise to upgrade 160 wastewater treatment plans by 2027 (There are 7,078 sewage treatment works in England & Wales)31st Jan 2023

Thames Water: Oxford City Council calls for end to water privatisation

'I do give a shit about water pollution' Therese Coffey 1st Feb 2023

Kent: Sewage pours onto street 1st Feb 2023

Water company prosecutions fall in England despite thousands of pollution warnings 1st Feb 2023

Water bills to increase by most in almost 20 years from April 1st Feb 2023

Water firms to lose public funds unless they pledge to stop UK sewage spills 1 Feb 2023

Videos

Organisations

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Jenni

Russell on Twitter

Columnist, The Times; contributing writer, the New York Times; book reviewer, the Sunday Times. Winner of the Orwell Prize for political journalism 2011.

“Please read; the most important piece I've written. Mass poisoning has suddenly killed off most sea life for 30 miles by the Tees. The govt claims it's natural; ind scientists warn it's [hu]manmade. The govt is desperate not to inquire too deeply as its freeport policy is at stake.” Read here

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