Category: South West Water
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Budleigh’s blue flag goes – but South West Water try to pass the blame
Thanks to lack of action by @southwestwater, Budleigh has now lost its ‘Excellent’ bathing water status, and therefore almost certainly its ‘Blue Flag’ beach.This was so predictable, and we’ve been flagging this up as a likely outcome for at least the last year.Time for South West Water to fix the…
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Lime Kiln sewage discharges: time to see South West Water in court!
We’ve resisted promoting legal action up until now. We preferred to work with the stakeholders to resolve the situation. But now it seems the only way to force SWW to fix this issue is by Budleigh folk joining the Leigh Day class action against SWW. We urge you to check…
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If previous years ‘rules’ had been followed, Budleigh beach would have just lost its ‘excellent’ water quality status
If the previous ‘rule’ had been followed in 2024, Budleigh beach would definitely have lost our ‘Excellent’ status. In fact, with 40% of the most polluted samples from the last 4 years occurring in 2024, Budleigh’s water quality would now be 1/2 way between the ‘Good’ and ‘Sufficient’ categories. One…
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Meeting with South West Water – Lime Kiln issues and resolution : 2nd July 2024
There have been a huge number of posts and discussions over the last 6 months, relating to the regular sewage alerts and tankering at Budleigh’s Lime Kiln sewage pumping station. In order to resolve these issues, we organised a meeting with senior South West Water staff and a cross-party group…
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