Green Councillor Jon Orrell (Melcombe Regis) has been featured in the Dorset Echo, responding to a BBC investigation which suggests Wessex Water may have illegally dumped sewage on dry days.
Across the Wessex Water area from the Dorset coast to the Bristol area, the BBC identified 68 sites where sewage may have been illegally discharged last year. Wessex Water disputes much of the data.
Jon was quoted in the Echo: “It’s shocking that they’re dropping sewage on dry days, we were led to believe that it may be a problem with storm surge, but it turns out that they are putting it out on dry days as well.
“We need water regulators to come down on them like a ton of bricks – they shouldn’t be able to get away with it.
“It’s not on really, we are paying them to treat sewage and they are not treating it.
“Weymouth beach has always been well known to be safe for family bathing, it’s our selling point.”