The map below overlays Thames Water's newly published 'real-time' map of their sewage discharges with the similar Southern Water 'Beachbuoy' map of discharges affecting the bathing beaches in their area. Taken together, the picture is as miserable as we might expect, though in reality, the level of detail is lamentably sparse. With Southern Water's 'Beachbuoy', … Continue reading Selective discharge mapping and effluent recycling – Thames now following Southern’s lead

If your tap water is provided by Portsmouth Water or Southern Water, then this affects you! Open a copy of the campaign poster by clicking on the image below, save it to your device and share it with your communities. Note: For a copy of this poster as an image suitable for sharing on certain … Continue reading Display the poster, share the message. This affects you!

A contact in the water industry tells us that Ofwat have advised the water industry that from 2024 they will change the funding mechanism for water companies. The change will be designed to encourage companies to look for more environmentally friendly solutions with wider catchment benefits, rather than encouraging the current behaviour of being rewarded … Continue reading “All Change!” for the Ofwat funding model

Have you noticed the text on page 43 of the ‘Scheme Development Summary’ document available for download with the current Southern Water consultation information, which says; “The back-up option B5 is not being developed further in its entirety at this stage and is not progressing through any consent process. However, as options B4 and B5 … Continue reading Peel Common – Why are SW ignoring the obvious?

Effluent recycling is only used in extreme drought stricken parts of the world where they have no alternatives, like California and Namibia. Hampshire is not in an extreme drought stricken part of the world, we get plenty of rain, we just don’t do enough to capture the water and store it. With Climate change we … Continue reading We get so much rain, why do we need effluent recycling?

When Southern Water originally briefed Stakeholders on their plans to pump treated recycled effluent into the Havant Thicket Reservoir, they told them they would put 5 million litres a day of recycled water into the reservoir and pump 5 million litres a day 40km west to Otterbourne, near Winchester. On page 6 of the consultation … Continue reading Southern Water change their volume numbers. Are we surprised?

It's short, succinct and... well... it's green. If this new flyer from the Havant Green Party comes through your door in the next few days, please don't stick it straight in the recycling but take the time to read both sides of it. Regardless of your political persuasion, you might want to thank them for … Continue reading New publicity awareness flyer to share