Southern water dumping sewage in the Sea this morning in Brighton and Hove
So it looks like Southern Water has dumped sewage in the Sea again today. What I'm struggling to wrap my head around is how they can justify it, it barely rained in Brighton and Hove today in the early morning, at .4" of rainfall in total with a maximum of .1" each hour between 6-8. This amount of rainfall falls into the category of light rain/drizzle. In view of this, how can Southern Water justify dumping sewage in the sea, are they claiming that their infrastructure can't handle a couple of hours of light rainfall? From my experience of living in B&H, it seems like the sewage overflow is activated basically any time it rains, is this normal for B&H? Looking for some answers here as last time I checked, half my water bill was "wastewater" related, but it seems like I'm just paying for polluting the sea every time it rains a little. https://datahq.sas.org.uk/sewage-data-hq/is-it-safe-to-swim/
See alerts https://ibb.co/k6rmcZGz
See rainfall from weather app https://ibb.co/jZvG4L0K