Waterways Protection

10/03/2026

24/02/2026

Dirty Business will make you angry. That’s the point.

Then they’ll offer “Special Administration.”

The money still flows to creditors. Same extraction. New badge.

Don’t fall for the switch.

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23/02/2026

Channel 4’s Dirty Business is based on the decade-long investigation led by Ashley Smith of Windrush Against Sewage Pollution.

In this full-length interview, Ashley joins me to discuss the real story behind Thames Water, illegal sewage discharges, regulatory failure and the wider UK water crisis.

Recorded shortly before the broadcast of Dirty Business, this conversation goes deeper into the evidence, governance issues and systemic weaknesses reshaping the UK water system.

Watch the full interview here:
https://youtu.be/p7Hkg1em20Q

Ashley Smith, whose decade-long investigation forms the basis of Channel 4’s Dirty Business, joins host Philip Greenwood for the hard launch of People VS Sew...

30/12/2025

Sad truth 😥

29/12/2025

Water Company False Narratives (4): Blame the Public

The public didn’t fail.
The system did.

Blame is pushed onto users
to hide engineering, governance, and investment failure.

From People Vs Sewage Podcast.

29/12/2025

Water Company False Narratives (4): Blame the Public

Water companies routinely blame sewage pollution on the public.
Wet wipes. Fats. Oils.

This framing shifts responsibility away from system capacity, long-term underinvestment, and engineering failure, and places it onto individual behaviour instead.

Misuse in large populations is predictable.
Robust systems are designed to handle it.

This clip explains why the “blame the public” narrative exists and what it is used to hide.

From People Vs Sewage Podcast.

28/12/2025

Water Company False Narratives (3): The Victorian Narrative

The Victorian system isn’t the problem.
Neglect is.

Water companies blame Victorian infrastructure for sewage pollution.

This clip explains why that claim is false and how decades of underinvestment, not history, created the crisis.

From the People Vs Sewage podcast with Ashley Smith and Paul Powlesland.

Watch the full episode:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZywLA_dFOA&t=4111s

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3QU67z9vsP2XwuWqKpRdzh

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ug/podcast/people-vs-sewage/id1858014703

If this resonates, please share. These narratives only survive if they go unchallenged.

12/12/2025

10/12/2025

Dear water and nature protectors 🌊🌿 the first episode of the People vs Sewage podcast is now live on all major platforms in video and audio. This is our shared space to speak freely and cut through the greenwash. The episode is a longer deep dive, around an hour and a half, with strong visual elements, so the video version is worth watching 🎥. It is made for anyone who wants to understand sewage pollution properly instead of just skimming the headlines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZywLA_dFOA&t=2828s

If you would like to join a future episode or share ideas, feel free to get in touch. Thank you for fighting for our nature and waterways. 💧
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Episode 1: The Sewage StateFeaturing Paul Powlesland (Lawyers for Nature) and Ash Smith (WASP).Recorded aboard Lightship 95 at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London.Peo...

08/12/2025

"We still dont know where most sewage is going or how bad it is. That alone should be a national scandal. You cant fix what you cant measure"

Paul Powsland explains why that isnt true on People V Sewage Podcast.

Share this so people understand what we are really dealing with.

Watch the full episode here:
https://peoplevssewage.podbean.com

03/12/2025

Episode 1 of People Vs Sewage is now live.

This first episode, The Sewage State, looks at what’s really happening inside England’s water system — from biobead spills and winter overflows to treatment plants under pressure and the wider governance issues behind it all.

I’m joined by two of the most credible voices in the movement:

Paul Powlesland – environmental barrister, founder of Lawyers for Nature

Ash Smith – founder of Windrush Against Sewage Pollution (WASP), former Detective Superintendent

Together we break down what the public isn’t being shown, why the crisis is escalating and what the long-term implications are for rivers, coasts and communities.

Watch/Listen here:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3QU67z9vsP2XwuWqKpRdzh

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZywLA_dFOA

Podbean (RSS): https://peoplevssewage.podbean.com/e/episode-1-the-sewage-state-who-controls-our-water/