Please help me support Friends of the Dart. Their aim is to rid the River Dart of sewage by holding the South West Water to account for dumping treated, untreated sewage and other harmful chemicals in to our beautiful river.
Through their testing, often with high levels of bacteria like Ecoli and enterococcus are found in the water, these will make anybody sick and has made hundreds of swimmers in the Dart sick. So the money they hope to raise will help pay for more testing at more sites river long. This is a very necessary service that helps river users make an informed decision about whether they should or shouldn't swim in the river, and it also helps to document the levels of bacteria and chemicals so this can be presented to those responsible, including South West Water.
This organisation is run by volunteers who are very passionate about protecting the river and holding the polluters to account.
Its not only the people that suffer, of course we can choose not to swim to protect ourselves, but it's the birds, fish and other animals the live in and around the river that cannot escape the sewage need their help too, these poor creatures are literally, ingesting sewage.