Beautiful UK beach on ‘don’t swim alert’ after sewage leak as furious locals hit out

Exmouth beach in East Devon, United Kingdom (Image: Getty) A UK water company is facing a furious backlash after the Environment Agency (EA) issued an urgent "do not swim" alert on a beautiful beach that is beloved by local residents and tourists alike. Residents reported seeing "raw sewage running down" a street of a popular seaside resort - and dead fish on the shoreline of its beach. South West Water (SWW) has said that it is "very sorry" about the sewage leak at the Blue flag winning Exmouth, Devon , that prompted the warning.

The spill was first reported last Wednesday (August 14) after a pipe burst at a nearby pumping station. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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