Waveriders are supporting Surfers Against Sewage and will donate £1 per booking to support their worthy actions. For those who for thosed that do not know are a UK-based non-profit organisation campaigning for clean, safe recreational waters, free from sewage effluents, toxic chemicals and nuclear waste. Using a solution based argument of viable and sustainable alternatives, SAS highlight the inherent flaws in current practices, attitudes and legislation, challenging industry, legislators and politicians to end their 'pump and dump' policies (Registered Charity Number 1027082).
Why SAS
Now, with a plethora of water quality legislation flooding out of Europe, SAS need your support more than ever. If you want to ensure that the people using the water are kept at the centre of the debate, if you care about the quality of the water, the future health of the planet and the health of generations to come, then now is the time to invest in SAS.
After fourteen years of campaigning, SAS is now part of the core team of decision makers re-writing key water legislation that will affect every inland and coastal recreational water user in the UK. It has taken twelve years for SAS to reach this position and for the European Commission to agree that this piece of legislation, the Bathing Water Directive, does not properly protect recreational water users and should be revised.
If the Directive contains proposed SAS revisions, it will mean that the need for year round protection at sites that are regularly used for surfing, kayaking, windsurfing and dinghy sailing will have been recognised and essential water quality information will be provided to ensure users can make an informed choice before entering the water.
SAS is at a crucial point in this campaign and it is vital that pressure is maintained to ensure water users' needs are recognised by legislators and politicians.
Would you believe…you can contract Hepatitis A from water where there is no indication that sewage is present or you can swallow cancer-inducing radioactive particles or chemicals that could affect the health of your unborn child, from perfectly legal discharges. If this sounds scary, then do something about it...
