Spring is in the Air, and Sewage is in the Sea

Spring has already sprung here on the northern fringes of Bodmin Moor:

February has been fairly dry so far in Cornwall. See the latest South West Water reservoir levels if you find that hard to believe!

However there was some rain last night:

As sure as day follows night, this afternoon the Surfers Against Sewage water quality map reveals yet another sewage pollution incident at Long Rock:

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Drought for Cornwall later in 2023?

We’re posing this question much earlier than last year, and here’s why.

Despite the very wet Autumn here in the wild and woolly West Country, South West Water still have a “hosepipe ban” in place across Cornwall. The automated rainfall gauge 49104 at Colliford Lake reveals that there has been very little rainfall in the area for the last three weeks:

As a consequence of that, the water level in Cornwall’s largest reservoir is now still below 50% and decreasing:

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