What are SASs achievements to date?
SAS has been hugely influential in lobbying the government and the water industry to invest in full sewage treatment technology and we now see many improved sewage treatment facilities in place across the country that help keep recreational water clean and safe. More recently our lobbying and actions at the House of Commons and European Parliament have helped secure an improved Bathing Water Directive that from 2008 will see Europe’s bathing waters having to pass stricter water quality standards providing recreational water users with safer bathing water. SAS has also been instrumental in protecting our coastline from other pollution sources than just sewage. SAS lobbying has helped in prosecuting shippers causing pollution such as the RMS Mulheim, prevented toxic naval vessels being broken down in the North East and encouraged local authorities to adopt anti-litter beach initiatives to name a few.
