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Working For A Better Whitburn. We work with the local community and elected officials to preserve, enhance and protect the village of Whitburn. 🍃💚🍃
South Tyneside, UK
Joined November 2017
The developers, Story Homes, made £54 million profit in 2024. They will try to classify these green fields as 'grey belt' when they apply to build 205 unaffordable houses. Their profit will be at the expense of the village of Whitburn. Please save our village and sign and share
There are plans to build over 200 unaffordable houses in green fields around Marsden Primary School at Whitburn. This will damage the "village"of Whitburn Please sign the petition to “Protect and preserve the green fields around Marsden Primary School' https://t.co/TxoRxgOqc1
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The Long Sea Outfall at Whitburn discharges a million tonnes of untreated sewage into the sea each year. This overflow is featured in the OEP reports.
We have today published reports detailing the findings of our investigation into the regulation of combined sewer overflows by Defra, the Environment Agency and Ofwat. We make several additional recommendations. Find the reports 👉 https://t.co/BKJc7v3rBe
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The Office Environmental Protection 'Our investigation found that there had been failures to comply with environmental law by each of the three public authorities relating to the regulation of network CSOs' The Whitburn CSO is referred to in the report.
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There are plans to build over 200 unaffordable houses in green fields around Marsden Primary School at Whitburn. This will damage the "village"of Whitburn Please sign the petition to “Protect and preserve the green fields around Marsden Primary School' https://t.co/TxoRxgOqc1
change.org
Protect and preserve the green fields around Marsden Primary School, Whitburn.
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Steve Reed accepted football tickets and hospitality from the Chinese owners of Northumbrian Water. These owners are now looking to buy Thames Water. https://t.co/ifiSICSSYl
theguardian.com
The infrastructure company is among those lining up to acquire the struggling utility if it collapses
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Whitburn feature in this parliamentary committee report regarding transparency issues Campaigners in Whitburn, were asking for information about sewage discharges Northumbrian Water had not adequately considered the need for transparency in its refusal to provide the information
We’ve published our report on priorities for the water sector, calling on Sir Jon Cunliffe and the Water Commission not to shy away from “root and branch” reforms. Read the report: https://t.co/lRGm5xLdC4
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Thanks for your support @EmmaLewell OFWAT confirm: The commitment in relation to Whitburn is enforceable under the WIA91 and we will monitor Northumbrian Water's compliance and progress with this obligation until complete Let's hope this will Stop Sewage Pollution at Whitburn
Welcome news that action is being taken about the ineffective storm drainage at Whitburn after years of local campaigning. @WhitburnForum 💪🌊 https://t.co/dll5pkNAcK
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The Whitburn sewage system was judged in breach of the law in 2012 by the ECJ. 13 years later OFWAT say The commitment in relation to Whitburn is enforceable under the WIA91 and we will monitor Northumbrian Water's compliance and progress with this obligation until complete
Oh incase you missed it today’s agreement between Ofwat and Northumberland Water it also includes “A binding commitment to work with the Environment Agency to ensure the Whitburn”, sewage system complies with the law. Yep fearsome water industry regulator Ofwat actually thinks
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Ofwat have finally and truly lost its mind. "Northumbrian Water to pay £15.7m over failings," except it's not a fine at all. The money will be actually used for "improvements to the region's water infrastructure", in other words NW will spend the money doing the job people pay
bbc.co.uk
The firm says the cost will be met by shareholders rather than increasing customers' bills.
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Littlehaven beach awarded a brown flag An investigation is to take place by STC This may help Littlehaven, at the mouth of the Tyne, is 4 km downstream from Howdon Sewage works which has 4 CSOs In 2024 one Howdon CSO discharged untreated sewage into the Tyne on 214 separate days
North East beach 'wins' Brown Flag award for worst water quality
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Well done @EmmaLewell for your perseverance. The minister would do well to meet with Whitburn Forum to hear at first hand the problems of sewage pollution in our lovely coastline.
This morning, I called on the Minister for Water to meet with me and campaigners to discuss action on sewage and pollution in our water at Whitburn and Littlehaven. @WhitburnForum💧🚫 https://t.co/nogIS6NfVB
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Locally NWL dumped over 1 million tonnes of sewage into the sea at Whitburn in 2023 and 944,673 tonnes in 2024. South Tyneside councillors are well aware of this, yet the majority party still favour increasing housing in Whitburn without addressing this issue.
🌊💩 Water companies are still pumping sewage into our waterways while their profits continue to rise. 😡 This is a national disgrace that cannot be allowed to continue. #EndSewagePollution
https://t.co/axIhP1Qbq8
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For the last two years Northumbrian Water has discharged around 1 million tonnes of sewage at Whitburn whilst paying the Chinese and American hedge fund owners £millions in dividends. The customers can't shop around for water suppliers. #EndSewagePollution
EXPOSED: FAKE water nationalisation price tag would still save £3 billion a year. @UniofGreenwich research shows how taking back control of our water delivers a better deal for the public. We need public ownership NOW. Sign our petition if you agree ✍️ https://t.co/sQnqFXaJQW
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Whitburn features in PMQs 'Last year Northumbrian Water dumped almost 1 million tonnes of raw sewage into Whitburn Coast conservation area' "Prime Ministers Questions - 02/04/2025 - BBC iPlayer" @17 mins
bbc.co.uk
Coverage of questions in the House of Commons to Keir Starmer, the prime minister, on Wednesday 2 April.
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The Environment Secretary describes the number of spills from storm overflows as “disgraceful” Over 8950 hours of sewage was dumped in South Tyneside in 2024 NWL face a £17m fine due to their lack of capacity to collect this sewage #EndSewagePollution
https://t.co/ilnSfvadnm
gov.uk
New sewage data shows small drop in the number of sewage spills in 2024, but duration has increased.
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Northumbria Water calculated 944,673 tonnes of sewage had been pumped into the sea at Whitburn, a slight drop from its number for 2023 of 1.007 million tonnes. But the firm said its figure was just an estimate and "it cannot be relied on". https://t.co/2fMClI8hUz
bbc.co.uk
The water firm says its own estimate of discharge to the North Sea at Whitburn cannot be relied on.
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The Chinese bought NWL in 2011 for £2.4 billion. The money from captive bill payers has been used to pay the Chinese owners massive dividends ever since to recover the £2.4 billion This money should have been spent on infrastructure Now bill payers are facing a 21% bill increase
Appears Heidi Mottram, CEO of @NorthumbrianH2O has also put the spanner in the works of govt's so called £100 billion private investment claims. According to her £5bn of the £6bn they're spending over the next 5 years is coming directly from bill payers pockets that's 84% of the
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This sewage dumping at Whitburn has been going on for decades. In 2017 £10 million of bill payers money was spent to 'fix it' to comply with the 2012 ECJ ruling. The EA now say the 'fix' is unlikely to reach design standards. NWL now want to increase bills by 21%
So let me see how this works then. Local campaigner Steve Lavelle asks @NorthumbrianH2O for details of how much sewage they dump into the sea at Whitburn. @NorthumbrianH2O says get stuffed. Steve Lavelle takes @NorthumbrianH2O to the first-tier tribunal (High Court) which
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