A surfing group was “destroyed” when he shut down a national competition after throwing raw sewage into the sea from the cornwall.
Was competitive Water For the English Interclub Surfing Championship in Portingon, on the northern coast of the county near Redruth, when Life-guard The organizers released the “red flag”.
Status – which indicates the danger and means that people should not enter water – the local council was triggered after alerting the local council after water A sewage discharge In the ocean.
Water companies The storm overflow is allowed to discharge raw sewage in water, which is usually when the waste water network is filled due to heavy rainfall – but there are concerns that it happens many times.
The red flag released on Sunday, the competition came for several hours, which attracted more than 140 surfers from clubs across the country, surfing in England.
On social media, the group said: “In response [to the red flag]We immediately shut down the competition and asked all the surfers to release water, as the health and safety of our rivals is paramount.
“We were destroyed to finish the event quickly, especially providing the correct competition position with clean 3 to 5 feet waves, and with such a high level of surfing on performance from clubs.”
This is the latest episode war Surfers on the cornish coast are faced with sewage in water.
In England last year, there were 8,074 sewage discharge during the bathing season, which runs from May to September. In May, surfers across the country Participated In a paddle in protest against the ongoing feeding of sewage in the sea.
South West Water has supported the £ 24M enforcement package to invest in its wastewater network when it was discovered that this waste water treatment was not fulfilled in the management of the treatment functions.
Toll said failures said that the company had spread waste water in the atmosphere when it should not have done.
A surfing spokesperson in England said: “This is an exact issue that caused the previous weekend pollution incident, shortening our national championship and closing the beach due to another southwest water discharging.”
The group said that with partners clean water sports alliance and surfers Against sewage (SAS), the sea would keep pressure on water companies to prevent unnecessary spilling of sewage in the sea.
The spokesperson said: “The surf community knows the effect of this mismanagement very well.”
As reported By Independent In April, in 451 protected bath sites in England37 was given status as poor – the lowest category – because they were vested Potential fatal bacteria, including unsafe levels, And coli And the intestinal antracoki, due to the sewage spread.
The SAS said that it received 1,853 disease report through its service app in 2024, in which 331 people reported a doctor and 79 percent, saying that medical professionals had blamed their disease for sewage. pollution,
A spokesperson for South West Water told Independent The discharge of sewage in the sea near Purtatovan was part of the hurricane overflow to suit its permit after heavy rains.
He said: “We are serious about tackling the storm overflow and change this scale is time, ambition and increased investment. We are working hard to actively reduce our use of storms in the entire region as part of our £ 3.2 billion investment program.
“There is more to do so and we are moving in the right direction, inspired by our determination to distribute the priorities of our customers”.