Surfers Against Sewage

Harlan Beach had 231 untreated discharges.

Surfers Against Sewage records them having the highest discharge duration in England, over 39,000 hours.

The rule, don't swim after heavy rain.

Now, medical emergencies.

Apparently Al Carnes went in without a wetsuit and nobody wanted to stand next to him because it made them look wet.

So the event was organised by the charity Local Solutions alongside environmental and sporting bodies including Surfers Against Sewage, Swim England and Paddle UK.

Paddle UK! Paddle UK.

We once talked about wild paddling.

This isn't a new thing.

Chris Hines has been out there with Surfers Against Sewage, petitioning the government for years.

And he told me this incredible story of, um, this MP who was like, "Who cares if it's just a little bit of sewage?" And he was like, "What if your kids were in the bath and I just took a little tiny shit in it?" [laughs]

Exactly.

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so equally, so similar to you, so Surfers Against Sewage is the, uh, UK equivalent of what I grew up around in the US, 'cause I grew up in San Diego on the coast.

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Campaigners Surfers Against Sewage are turning the tide on the UK water pollution scandal.

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Water pollution scandal, Surfers Against Sewage feature very heavily in Dirty Business.

Becky Hill, you recently delivered a petition to Number 10 Downing Street with-

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Surfers Against Sewage.

But ultimately, it needs to be able to offer mental and physical sustainability for us as human beings.

I had the most incredible coach when I set up my practice nine years ago in Chris Hines, who is an environmental campaigner and consultant He set up Surfers Against Sewage probably 30 years ago now.

And we created a model because we could recognize he'd experienced burnout.

I was at burnout.