But...you might want to give it a miss...
Surfers against Sewage reported that storm sewage had been discharged from a sewer overflow at Shore Road, near Sandbanks Beach, within the past 48 hours.
Sandbanks, of all places!
A Wessex Water spokesperson said: “Our licensed storm overflow operated automatically, releasing mostly rainwater into the sea to protect properties from flooding.
“Despite their minimal environmental impact, overflows are outdated. So we’re investing £3 million every month to help reduce how often they operate and we’re planning to invest significantly more between 2025 and 2030, subject to regulatory approval.”
Not because you're being hammered by your customers who don't want to swim in sewage, then?
H/T: Ian J via email
7 comments:
A cynical man, like myself, might think that the current outpouring of scorn against the water companies has been entirely fabricated by the previous Government, so they could step in and privatise them, therefore saving the day
Note the "subject to regulatory approval". Ofwat allows a profit margin based on the amount of investment; more investment means larger bills.
In 2022/3 the water companies in England made a pre tax profit of £1.7bn: without accounting for commercial users that is only about £60 per household.
Most people don't give a fuck about sewage in rivers, they'd prefer lower bills, especially pensioners who are being bled dry by the Labour government. I'm one. After all, the shit in the rivers came out of the arseholes of those who complain, and it's a centuries old tradition. Any idiot who wants to swim in a river risks getting a nasty disease from rat's piss.
As for the beaches, what are fish going to eat? Perhaps the sewage keeps sharks away!
mostly rainwater eh? I think my bog flushes with mostly drinking water
Sandbanks,eh? Shows that where there's muck, there's brass.
Penseivat
"...entirely fabricated by the previous Government, so they could step in and privatise them, therefore saving the day"
That shower? Who would credit them with that amount of cunning?
"without accounting for commercial users that is only about £60 per household."
Wow!
"Most people don't give a fuck about sewage in rivers, they'd prefer lower bills..."
You're probably right, but I don't want to live in a country where our waterways are open sewers, even if it would make certain sections of society feel more at home.
"Sandbanks,eh? Shows that where there's muck, there's brass."
Heh!
According to Tim Worstall, whom I trust implicitly, the private water companies are significantly cleaner that the public ones. And the more ‘private’ they are, the cleaner they are.
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