No images? Click here [link removed]

Hi John,

A huff, and a puff, and the house came down. Thames Water is on the verge of collapse after their Chief Executive leaves unexpectedly. Water company finances make the headlines as we see the debt they've piled up, all whilst paying huge bonuses and shareholder dividends. A shambles. This is what happens when water companies are allowed to put profit before people and planet.

🔴 This week we met with Ofwat as part of the Dirty Money Campaign [[link removed]]. We'll be sharing more on that soon.

Here's a July update from us.

FAT CATS SEWER RATS 💰 If you missed it, we handed our petition into OFWAT last week and showed our faces 🐀 at the water industry awards.

Click to watch [[link removed]] the video.

We have a new and improved Safer Seas and Rivers Service app, Thanks to a fundraising appeal earlier in the year. Download for your iphone [[link removed]] or android [[link removed]]. Take a look!

Here's a deep dive [[link removed]] on ending profit from plastic pollution, from our policy officer, Louise.

"We're calling for the government to deliver promises for schemes such as Extended Producer Responsibility which forces producers to be responsible for products until the end of their life."

Take a a look at some ocean news from June...

🌊 The sea is warming up and it's a threat to marine life - Unheard of marine heatwave off UK and Irish coasts poses serious threat [[link removed]].

🌊 In June, the United Nations adopted the High Seas treaty. [[link removed]] This will be a big contributor to the 30% by 2030 goal for ocean protection.

🌊 Sewage scandal is being taken to the High Court. There are are two cases, one from the Good Law Project: The Good Law Project has been supporting Richard Haward's Oysters, the Marine Conservation Society and Hugo Tagholm [[link removed]] in the challenge.

🌊 The second case is by Wildfish. How the High Court could bring a quick end to sewage pollution (inews.co.uk) [[link removed]]

💩 There were 439 SEWAGE POLLUTION ALERT [[link removed]]S in June💩

Across the UK, monitored by our Safer Seas and Rivers Service app. [[link removed]]

For the ocean,

🌊 Jade, Communications Officer

Share [link removed] Tweet [link removed] Share [[link removed]] Forward [link removed]

Surfers Against Sewage

Wheal Kitty Workshops, St Agnes, Cornwall, TR5 0RD

Tel: 01872 553 001

Surfers Against Sewage is a national marine conservation and campaigning charity that inspires, unites and empowers communities to take action to protect oceans, beaches, waves and wildlife.

Preferences [link removed] | Unsubscribe [link removed]