Protesters gathered on New Brighton beach today to call for an end to sewage pollution.
It was one of eleven protests, organised Surfers Against Sewage, that took place across the country on Saturday as the environmental charity joined forces with local campaigners for the national day of action on water quality, with each one targeting a different water company.
Local campaigners in New Brighton were pictured carrying signs and banners on the beach as they called on United Utilities to take action against sewage pollution. The protests come after the group said data, recently released by the Environment Agency, showed that water companies were responsible for pouring sewage into UK river, lakes, estuaries and seas 372,500 times in 2021.
