With a sharp rise in the number of people reporting becoming sick after entering British bathing waters, Surfers Against Sewage called for water companies to take rapid action. SAS appeared at an APPG water group to discuss the challenge of dry spills from storm overflows alongside engineering fellow Karen Merrell who voiced the fear that "vast sums of money" would be badly spent if companies failed to understand the complexities of catchment planning for individual CSOs.
Sewage spills blamed as sickness from swimming soars
