Emsworth residents organised a ‘Paddle Out’ off Hayling island. To highlight the issues around concerns for cleaner waters off our coast and estuary and promote the success in achieving ‘Blue Flag’ status at Hayling Island Beachlands area and highlight the ongoing risks sewage discharges can bring to sea users. Clean Harbours Partnership (CHP) tested water samples from Langstone and Chichester harbours, in November. ‘One site showed 760 times the maximum level of E. coli that would be allowed if it was a bathing area’, CHP said.
Southern Water said it was ‘investing £22m to increase capacity at Budds Farm, reducing the risk of discharges into Langstone Harbour’.