Neil Mullens

Sixteen Cornwall beaches hit with raw sewage warning after heavy rainfall

Swimming in contaminated water can lead to gastroenteritis, hepatitis, giardiasis, skin rashes, amoebic dysentery, nose, ear, and throat problems, pink eye, and other respiratory illnesses

Cornwall beaches marked as pollution risks
Kingsand

Seaton (Pollution risk warning), East Looe, Readymoney Cove, Polstreath, Portmellon, Porthluney (Pollution risk warning), Long Rock, Crantock, Porth, Harlyn Bay, Trebarwith Strand, Crackington Haven, Widemouth Bay

Elliot Ball

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https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/sixteen-cornwall-beaches-hit-pollution-8575804

Crantock and Looe among beaches hit with raw sewage warning

Swimming in contaminated water can lead to gastroenteritis, hepatitis, giardiasis, skin rashes, amoebic dysentery, nose, ear, and throat problems, pink eye, and other respiratory illnesses

CornwallLive
Jul 6, 2023 at 6:50amWeb
Show threadben morettiJul 6, 2023
@3DayMonk @SydesJokes hello from Australia. How on earth did raw sewage end up being washed into the sea? Don’t they have sewage treatment plants? I’ve seen this referenced prior but can’t work out why it has been happening
Show threadNeil MullensJul 6, 2023
@morebento @SydesJokes Yes, we do have treatment plants. The problem is that the privatised water companies having been paying out dividends rather than upgrading Victorian sewage systems. 👇 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-62631320
How much raw sewage is released into rivers and the sea?

Companies can release raw sewage during bad weather, but the amount spilled has doubled in England.

BBC News
Show threadSpanna65Jul 6, 2023
@3DayMonk @SydesJokes do you remember when we had Blue Flag beaches that were the envy of Europe? 🙃
Show threadNeil MullensJul 6, 2023
@wdnewson @SydesJokes A lifetime ago, now.