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Clean Water Action Campaigning to in Hastings & St Leonards since 2021!

Currently crowdfunding for our citizen science water testing - please donate via website link and share, thank you 🙏

What’s this strange blue water flowing out of the pipe at Pelham Beach in Hastings? ? 🤨🔵 makes a change from 🟤 but it ...
12/04/2026

What’s this strange blue water flowing out of the pipe at Pelham Beach in Hastings? ? 🤨
🔵 makes a change from 🟤 but it doesn’t look right.
We’ve taken a sample 🧪

The Hastings and St Leonards Local Plan sets out the council’s policies (2023-2041) for deciding planning applications, ...
21/03/2026

The Hastings and St Leonards Local Plan sets out the council’s policies (2023-2041) for deciding planning applications, including where new homes could be built, how we aim to protect important parts of our natural, built and historic environment, and how we attract new investment to the area.

If you want to know more about the Local plan, join us and a number of other local interest and advocacy groups, tomorrow afternoon 1-5pm at the Observer Building. You’ll hear more about the plan, and how you can register your responses or concerns.







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05/03/2026

Enjoy a moment with us. Beautiful dawn going down to the sea… and stunning sunrise the other side of our early morning dip today. Spring is here. Special moments.

Brilliant turnout on a soggy day from Ark Academy students & families, for a Spring Tide Beach Clean with CWAG, PlasticF...
02/02/2026

Brilliant turnout on a soggy day from Ark Academy students & families, for a Spring Tide Beach Clean with CWAG, PlasticFreeHastings, SAS, PickingUpPlastics & Groundwork South and local Green Councillors.

A pair of tickets to 🙏🏼was awarded by the Mayor 🏵️ for the most intriguing finds, to a couple of diligent sea cadets.👏
And of course, we found 🧄🧄😂
4 bags full of beach litter 🗑️
Thanks to all who came! 🌊💚💙💦











is home to .roots and is an amazing, creative community hub for so many good things in St Leonard’s. Since Covid, this...
27/11/2025

is home to .roots and is an amazing, creative community hub for so many good things in St Leonard’s. Since Covid, this essential local asset has been the site of mutual aid support, creative collaborations and global majority celebrations where all are welcome 🌼 🪢💃🏽🕺🏾

Hattons Yard now need our support to carry on renting this space and working their magic, while they wait to hear about strategic funding next year.

Please give what you can to their Crowdfunder (link in bio) and spread the word 🗣️🗣️

Unity through community! 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾 🪴💞

Make water companies pay to clean up their mess through their own profits, not our bills. Link in comments. @ .co.u...
17/11/2025

Make water companies pay to clean up their mess through their own profits, not our bills.
Link in comments.
@ .co.uk

Make water companies pay to clean up their mess through their own profits! Not through our bills. Please share far and w...
17/11/2025

Make water companies pay to clean up their mess through their own profits! Not through our bills. Please share far and wide. Link in comments. .co.uk

Southern water have finally - under media pressure - admitted responsibility for this disasterous pollution event: billi...
10/11/2025

Southern water have finally - under media pressure - admitted responsibility for this disasterous pollution event: billions of tiny plastic ‘bio-beads’ released into the sea and now washed up in large numbers on Camber Sands. They have also been found in smaller numbers on Hastings, Bexhill and Pett Level beaches.

The small, black, plastic pellets are caught in the seaweed and peppering the sand, as well as being held in the water where they pose a hazard to birds, fish and mammals. There have been two dead seals spotted - at Camber and at W. St Leonard’s within the last week. We don’t yet know if this is related.

Southern water were aware of the mechanical failure that caused the “spill” of untreated, unfiltered water when it happened (Oct 23rd)
- Why didn’t SW alert the EA and the coastguard on the day, so that rapid action could be taken?

This is not their first spill!
- Why doesn’t Southern Water have a risk assessment in place to mitigate this kind of incident?

So far the response has been managed by volunteers and environmental charities, along with the coastal services of . Huge thanks to all who have volunteered for this work so far 🦾🙏🏼👏
- Why aren’t Southern Water mobilising and FUNDING the beach clean up?

We have heard that SW operatives at their WWTCs have been asking for infrastructure upgrades for years
- Why haven’t SW been improving and upgrading their systems at their Waste Water Treatment plants so that bio beads are phased out of use?

This disaster was predictable and preventable.
- We demand an inquiry
- We demand Southern Water is liable for all costs
- We demand our Water utilities are taken out of private hands









Southern water have finally - under media pressure - admitted responsibility for this disasterous pollution event: billi...
10/11/2025

Southern water have finally - under media pressure - admitted responsibility for this disasterous pollution event: billions of tiny plastic ‘bio-beads’ released into the sea and now washed up in large numbers on Camber Sands. They have also been found in smaller numbers on Hastings, Bexhill and Pett Level beaches.

The small, black, plastic pellets are caught in the seaweed and peppering the sand, as well as being held in the water where they pose a hazard to birds, fish and mammals. There have been two dead seals spotted - at Camber and at W. St Leonard’s within the last week. We don’t yet know if this is related.

Southern water were aware of the mechanical failure that caused the “spill” of untreated, unfiltered water when it happened (Oct 23rd)
- Why didn’t SW alert the EA and the coastguard on the day, so that rapid action could be taken?

This is not their first spill!
- Why doesn’t Southern Water have a risk assessment in place to mitigate this kind of incident?

So far the response has been managed by volunteers and environmental charities, along with the coastal services of - thank you to everyone who has given up time to help 🙏🏼
- Why aren’t Southern Water mobilising and FUNDING the beach clean up?

We have heard that SW operatives at their WWTCs have been asking for infrastructure upgrades for years
- Why haven’t SW been improving and upgrading their systems at their Waste Water Treatment plants so that bio beads are phased out of use?

This disaster was predictable and preventable.
- We demand an inquiry
- We demand Southern Water is liable for all costs
- We demand our Water utilities are taken out of private hands








From 11.44pm on 22 Oct there was an alert on both SAS SSRS app and on the Southern Water Rivers and Seas Watch app - wh...
27/10/2025

From 11.44pm on 22 Oct there was an alert on both SAS SSRS app and on the Southern Water Rivers and Seas Watch app - which both draw real-time data from the event duration monitors placed at SW CSO outfalls.

This morning at 11am, the SAS app said it was ‘currently discharging’ while the SW app said it was 108hours duration (!!) and ongoing (but Under Review)

At 1.30 the Southern Water App was amended and now says there was a 3hr 15 min Genuine Release from Rock-a-Nore from 11.44 on 22/10 - 02.59 on 23/10.

Whatever is going on with the monitors, untreated sewage was being released into the sea under the cliffs at Rock a Nore, Hastings for several hours from late Weds night.

If anyone swam there since Thur and has any signs of illness please see a doctor and DM us here.







Water companies in England have received their worst environmental performance from ratings (for 2024) since records be...
23/10/2025

Water companies in England have received their worst environmental performance from ratings (for 2024) since records began.
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Serious incidents, which are those classed as causing significant environmental harm, have increased by 60% compared with 2023.

Southern Water and Thames Water are among the most heavily criticised for sewage pollution. Southern water received just 2/5 for its performance in 2024.
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In 2025 CEO was awarded an ‘incentive deal’ that doubled his annual salary to £1,378,000 (even though the Labour Govt had banned SW from giving bonus pay).
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Over the next five years, the total increase in Southern Water customer bills is projected to be 53%, which is the highest increase of any UK water supplier. 
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Thank you for campaigning about this travesty.

Photos:
1.AndreeVae, Deposit Photos
2.Surfers Against Sewage app
3.Rebecca Sinker (CWAG)
4.Surfers Against Sewage









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