Thousands of gallons of untreated sewage spilled into West Beach Thursday prompting officials in Santa Barbara to close the beach to the public. The spill involved the release of at least 9,000 gallons of sewage from a manhole to Mission Creek, near Vernon Road and Stanley Drive, the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department said. […]
About 100 people have joined a record-breaking swimmer in a protest against sewage releases in water. At the Lancashire rally, former soldier Adam Diver, believed to be the first person to swim the 32 miles between England and the Isle of Man, said they were "sick of pollution in our seas". Water firms have been criticised about a high number of raw sewage discharges.