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Petition to stop sewage discharging in Whitburn

3/17/2021

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A Whitburn Forum member has started a petition and asks for your support to Stop Sewage Pollution at Whitburn

The petition  has the support of South Tyneside Environmental protection, Marine Conservation for the UK, Whitburn Forum and our local MP Emma Lewell-Buck.

Support our campaign to Stop Sewage Pollution at Whitburn and help Fight Climate Change  

The sea life at Whitburn is being destroyed by Sewage; the rock pools at Whitburn beach once teemed with wildlife but are now barren. The dolphins that are sighted daily swimming near the sewage overflow are forced to make their way through a soup of sewage when discharges are taking place.

Sewage pollution is killing seagrass meadows. Seagrasses can absorb more carbon up to 40 faster than terrestrial forests and these ecosystems become sources of CO2 emissions when they are degraded or destroyed. A major driver of seagrass decline is nutrient pollution from sewage. The UK has lost 90% of seagrass meadows due to pollution.

South Shields beach lost its blue flag in 2019. Marsden does not have a blue flag due to high levels of E. Coli in the bathing water.

Enough sewage to fill 304 Olympic sized swimming pools was discharged nearby at Whitburn in 2019.

Help Stop Sewage Pollution at Whitburn. Sign and share our petition:
bit.ly/30vyD6A
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