Off Topic: Swimmers Info

Due to worrying news about pollution, I thought I would post this handy tool for Wild Swimmers and holiday-makers, who like me, wait for the kids to go back to school before venturing out…

sas.org.uk/map/

[Tired-fed-up]

I’m not sure it’s very accurate sorry. I am in S Wales and there is a red alert SW of Cardiff due to a sewage overflow 🙁

[Runrig01 in reply to Tired-fed-up]

I agree. I’m on the south east coast, and we have Folkestone off bounds because of raw sewage, and warnings that with the tidal flow Walmer is also at risk. We also have a water park that only opened a month ago, that has been shut after people taking ill. It’s connected to a river where sewage was dumped 15 mile upstream and suspect that’s the source. I’m avoiding swimming in the sea for now.

[Hidden in reply to Runrig01]

🤢…. This will continue too now they don’t have to conform to EU regs… I’m due to go to Devon & Cornwall soon, I sincerely hope it will be ok there. Absolutely disgusting state of affairs.

[Hidden in reply to Tired-fed-up]

Ewwww 🤢… it’s a charity, so presumably it’s posting from their members??? I looked at the Government one and that didn’t have any red flags 😳, hence posted this.

[14bubbles]

I use the app version of this website to keep an eye on pollution alerts, I find it useful for keeping an eye on pollution alerts as I swim in the sea a lot

[Dodo1943]

My late eldest brother contracted poliomyelitis in 1933 on a Sunday School outing to the south coast. I consider it criminal that any government should seek to legalise pollution of our waterways when it’s known that the virus is currently active in London sewers.

[Hidden in reply to Dodo1943]

I’m with you on that..