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Friday, February 17, 2017
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Harbour raw sewage shock RAW SEWAGE is being discharged into a Pagham beauty spot every five weeks on average. THe human effluent flows into Pagham Harbour nature reserve from the area's wastewater treatment works. When the works in Summer Lane are unable to cope, their operator, Southern Water, releases the untreated or mashed sewage into the nearby Pagham Rife from where it flows into the harbour.
THe harbour is home to birds such as black-tailed godwit, little egret and pintail and its nature reserve is run by the RSPB on behalf of West Sussex County Council. News of the potentially damaging leaks of sewage was given by Pagham Parish Council member Cllr Phil Hailey at a meeting on Tuesday. He said: “Since 2011, Southern Water have had to inform the Environment
Agency 55 times of a discharge into Pagham Rife of untreated or partially treated sewage. “Southern Water have said they have no issues with the proposed houses here because they would not cause the treatment works any problems but, clearly, there are big problems already.” He said the matter was one the parish council should highlight in its objections to the three large housing schemes which
have been put forward for Pagham in the past two months. Cllr Ray Radmall, the parish council's chairman, said: “I have been there when it happens. It's terrible. When the sewage goes down the rife into the nature reserve, it also affects our bathing water quality along the front “THe sewage goes out and the tides see it end up back on the beach.” Turn to page five
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