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South
West Water Chief Executive Bob Baty, failed to come out and meet
protestors from Surfers Against Sewage when the pressure group
demo'd the company at their headquarters on Friday morning.
The
surfers had invited Mr Baty to come and put his head in the stocks
as 'punishment' for the companies repeated environmental offences.
The surfers were further fuelled by recent pollution incidents
at a number of the regions beaches.
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The
demo went ahead with SAS putting their own Bob Baty look-alike
in the stocks and pelting him with water filled condoms and spray
from water pistols. A letter detailing the surfers complaints
and concerns was delivered to a SWW spokesperson for Bob Baty's
attention.
SAS,
Richard Hardy: "There has been a series of pollution incidents
at the regions beaches this summer involving South West Water.
There's absolutely no excuse for this poor performance. We expect
sewage treatment works to operate correctly and for beaches to
be sewage free - at the moment SWW are failing to deliver. We
will continue to push this issue with the company until we reach
a satisfactory conclusion!"
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Beaches
that have been blighted by sewage pollution over the past few
months have included Gwithian, Teignmouth, Dawlish and St Agnes.
It would appear that certain sewage treatment works are unable
to cope with the loads placed on them. This could be due to substandard
equipment being used or to a growth in population that hasn't
been accounted for in the companies forward planning - either
way the situation is unsatisfactory.
"We
pay our water bills on the understanding that the company will
treat our sewage and supply us with clean water. Our water bills
are the highest in the country, we don't want second- rate solutions,
we want the best and we expect South West Water to deliver the
best".
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SAS
plan to meet with South West Water in October.
For
further information call Vicky or Richard at SAS (01872) 553001
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