Cornwall surfing competition cancelled after raw sewage dumped into sea
When the raw sewer called for a national competition after being thrown into the sea from Cornwall, a surf group was left “ruined ..
The competitors were Sudaya for inter -British surfing championships in Porthtowan on the northern coast of the district near Redruth, where lifeguards published the “Red Flag” to the organizers.
Status, which shows the danger and means that people should not enter the water, was triggered after the South West Water warned the local council about the sewerage discharge.
Water companies are allowed to discharge into the water in the storm overflowing of raw sewerage, which is usually completed when the waste water network is filled due to heavy rainfall – but there are concerns that this occurs very often.
The red flag, which was broadcasted on Sunday, said that a few hours came to the competition that attracts more than 140 surfers from clubs around the country.
On social media, the group said: “In response [to the red flag]We immediately called for the competition and because the health and safety of our competitors is very important, we asked all surfers to leave water.
“We are devastated to end the effectiveness early with a high surf standard exhibited with 3 to 5FT waves and clubs exhibited from clubs.”
The last part of a Battle Surfers in Cornish Coast is faced with sewage in the waters.
There were 8,074 sewage discharges that lasted from May to September in the bathroom season last year. In May, the surfers around the country drew a shovel to protest the ongoing diet of the sewer.
South West Water supported an £ 24 million -pounded sanction package to invest in the waste water network after determining that it did not fulfill its obligations to manage waste water treatment.
Ofwat said it causes the company to pour waste water into the environment when it should not do it.
British surfing spokesman said: “This is the problem that caused the pollution event last weekend, shortened our national championships and closes the beach due to another South West water discharge.”
Group, Partners Clean Water Sports Alliance and Sewerage Surfers (SAS), together with the sewage will continue the pressure of stopping unnecessary shedding into the sea, he said.
The spokesman added: “The surfing community knows the impact of this bad administration very well.”
As reported Independent In April, the UK’s 451 protected bathroom point, 37 of them were ranked as poor – the lowest category – Included insecure levels of potential deadly bacteria E coli and intestinal enterococci due to sewage shedding.
SAS, in 2024 through the Service application, 1,853 disease report received, 331 people a doctor and 79 percent of medical experts reported that the diseases of the sewage pollution, he said.
South West Water’s spokesman told Independent The discharge of the sewer near Porthtowan is part of the storm overflowing in parallel with its permission following heavy rainfall.
“We are serious about the struggle with storm overflow, and the change of this scale requires time, ambition and increasing investment.
“There is more to do and we are moving in the right direction with our determination to fulfill the priorities of our customers”.
