Clean water campaigners from Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) are urging all water users to watch Panorama this Monday the 7th of September, BBC1 at 8.30pm. SAS have helped the Panorama team expose the shocking truth that after heavy rain, raw sewage is consistently discharging into our rivers, seas and bathing waters without warning to the public and water users.
SAS Campaign manager Andy Cummins features heavily in the programme and captures the most outrageous footage of a Combined Sewage and Stormwater Overflow drain (CSO) discharging raw sewage into a river. This is the first time this disgusting practice has been highlighted,... Read more
Surfers Against Sewages (SAS) new campaign Protect Our Waves (POW) had its first action today, The Gathering, a mass paddle out, in association with local campaign group Access BroadBench Association (ABBA). Over 350 surfers from across the nation joined SAS and ABBA and paddled out at Kimmeridge Bay on International Surfing Day. The action called on the Secretary of State for Defence to allow surfers access to Broadbench, a special wave found on the outer boundary of a Ministry of Defence (MoD) firing range.
Broadbench is a quality wave in Kimmeridge Bay, described by many as one of Britains best. Unfortunately... Read more
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Surfers Against Sewage has published their new guidance for offshore renewable developers today, World Ocean Day, as the first act within the new Protect Our Waves (POW) campaign. The guidance highlights sites of special surfing interest that developers should avoid. If the guidance is used effectively it could also help speed up the consent process for suitable offshore developments.
The guidance can be read here and SAS are posting a hard copy to all offshore renewable developers as well as the relevant industry and Government bodies.
SAS has consistently supported offshore renewables and believe they can play a vital part... Read more
Clean water campaigners Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) would like to thank all the volunteers for helping at The Big SAS Spring Beach Clean. Last Sunday, the 1st of March, over 80 people gave up their time to help out at The Big SAS Spring Beach Clean. As a result of all those great volunteers and their hard work, 103 bags of litter were collected and Porthtowan was visibly transformed from a beach littered with junk to a relatively clean beach.
The sun shone and the beach was packed with volunteers. The atmosphere was brilliant, friends were made and everyone felt an... Read more
This Sunday, between 11am and 2pm at Porthtowan beach (Cornwall) SAS needs your help!
More specifically, Porthtowan beach needs your help as it's been neglected over the winter, just like the vast majority of beaches around the UK. It's a case of out of sight out of mind as the majority of beaches users abandoned the beach until the sun comes out. Unfortunately, even without the vast swarms of people, litter still arrives in it's droves. Marine litter is driven onshore during the winter months by storms, ocean currents and predominant winds. So there is lots to do and we need... Read more
This Valentine's Day clean water lovers, Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), will launch their first new campaign for 2009, the 'Love Your Beach' campaign. Love Your Beach will enable recreational water users to apply for 'bathing water' designation for their recreational water sites, providing them with extra protection under current legislation.
SAS campaigners are encouraging recreational water users to demonstrate how much they adore their beloved recreational waters. Obviously SAS will assist, but we need water users all over the country to make that loving gesture, use their local knowledge and enter their local recreational water site into the Love Your Beach... Read more
SAS are urging recreational water users in Kent and East Sussex to take extra care when using the sea over the next few days as timber lost from the Russian owned cargo ship Sinegorsk could be washed ashore.
The 1,500 tonnes of timber was washed off the ship and into the sea on Monday. It could yet lead to scenes reminiscent of last January when more than 2,000 tonnes of timber washed up along the Sussex coast after the Greek-registered Ice Prince sank about 26 miles south of Dorset.
Lost shipping cargo can represent a threat to public health, cause pollution and... Read more
