Exmouth wild swimmer Jo Bateman speaking to MP in the Houses of Parliament to launch Surfers Against Sewage to stop sewage pollution. The former SoS denied that the budget for EA had been cut but Jo put her right! Speaking Truth to Power. Feargal Sharkey Windrush WASP South West Water

Here's a question for Environment AgencySW and South West Water If a sewage spill at Exton due to a pump failure results in EA issuing an advice against bathing notice at both Exmouth and Dawlish, why doesn't a storm overflow affect these bathing waters? Feargal Sharkey

The 'Water UK Plan' finally published (just ahead of the 2023 EDM data) it reveals that storm overflows are designed to operate in 'wet weather' - not exceptional or even heavy just wet... who knew water.org.uk/overflows-plan Water UK Feargal Sharkey Windrush WASP

Genuine question South West Water how do you manage 365 spills in one year on a single CSO under the 12/24 count system? Oh and great work recording 5,244 hours of sewage form another last year. Six with over 4,000 hrs too. Feargal Sharkey Windrush WASP

Come on South West Water don’t be shy. How much of the change in sewage spills is down to your efforts this year? Last year you claimed 53% Feargal Sharkey Windrush WASP Adam Vaughan

It took South West Water one hour to raise an alert at our bathing water tonight. The alert should be raised after 5 minutes. SWW has been on site working on this pumping station since Wednesday. Please explain why? Asking for thousands of friends who are visiting this weekend.

“To Trumpet” could be a thing.

One of these pictures shows a CSO has been active in the last 24 hrs. The other shows that water quality may be affected by a storm overflow. Can you tell the difference? Feargal Sharkey Windrush WASP David Reed MP South West Water

Imagine a consultation on something as important like guidance on use of storm overflows and only 16 groups respond including ESCAPE and SAS, some water companies failed to respond. It was open to the public but was hidden. We pay we need a say Feargal Sharkey Windrush WASP

DEFRA tell me they are confident OFWAT is monitoring water companies real time reporting of storm overflows against the guidance which is still being written. Windrush WASP Feargal Sharkey

Did miss the Executive Order that stopped women and children being human?

What a shambles! The Environment Agency delay publication of the EPA but forgets to mention in a press release today. Unusually high numbers of water companies are appealing the figures. gov.uk/government/new…

A dry day spill (less than 0.25mm of rain has fallen in 48hrs before a CSO activates). With no rain to dilute they are are a greater risk to health and environment. Which water company has the worst record for spills and duration so far this year? Lisbeth Salander Feargal Sharkey

Minister Emma Hardy told You & Yours that DEFRA released their calculation to bring water back into public ownership. On 8 January 2026 DEFRA replied in EIR2025/26664 that this information is not held and it has not assessed costs Feargal Sharkey Defra UK Surfers Against Sewage

Here’s some of the tactics used to deflect and confuse by the water companies, regulators and government #dirtybusiness

So South West Water dumped sewage 17% less in 2025 than the previous year and that was down to their ‘investment’. Guess what? There was 17% less rainfall in 2025. Coincidence?? Feargal Sharkey David Reed MP