Swimmers warned to avoid NYD dips along Kent coast after sewage spills

Posted on : January 1, 2023
Swimmers warned to avoid NYD dips along Kent coast after sewage spills

Swimmers are warned to avoid NYD dips along the Kent coast after Southern Water sewage spillages following heavy rain

  • New Year’s Day swimmers should avoid the Kent coast after sewage spillages
  • Southern Water has leaked near Folkestone, Sandgate, Hythe and Herne Bay
  • The sewage leakages affect ‘bathing areas’ which are popular for swimming 

New Year’s Day sea swimmers have been warned to avoid a dip along the Kent coast after sewage spillages were detected following heavy rainfall.

Heavy rainfall on new Year’s Eve has led to sewage spillages along the picturesque coastline, which are being tracked by environmental group Surfers Against Sewage.

The environmental campaign group run an interactive map which tracks the sewages overflows – and it shows numerous sites dumping sewage along the Kent coast near bathing waters.

Sewage leaking into the water compromises the water quality in affected bathing areas.

A map showing sewage leakages along the Kent coast

Beaches in Folkestone, Sandgate, Hythe, Whitstable and Herne Bay (pictured) have all been affected by the overflows caused by the stormy weather

The leakage in north-east Kent near Herne Bay has leaked for more than 32 hours since yesterday morning, according to Southern Water data (file photo of sewer release)

The Environment Agency has also warned that bathing water may have been affected at St. Mary’s Bay in Romney Marsh in south Kent.

Beaches in Folkestone, Sandgate, Hythe, Whitstable and Herne Bay have all been affected by the overflows caused by the stormy weather.

In the last 24 hours, Southern Water have confirmed releases in Whitstable and Herne Bay and their monitoring system also confirmed a release at St. Mary’s Bay within the last 72 hours.

The leakage in north-east Kent near Herne Bay has leaked for more than 32 hours since yesterday morning, according to Southern Water data.

The water company called the sewage overflows at Folkestone, Sandgate and Hythe ‘unverified releases to bathing areas’.

Southern Water has been contacted for comment.

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