Baltic Klipper container spill raises wider concerns

~ Bob Comlay

This incident draws attention to three distinct areas of concern for Solent Protection Society: Environmental Impacts of PollutionClimate Change AdaptationMaritime Safety Environmental Impacts of Pollution The volunteer trustees of the Solent Protection Society are all too familiar with the environmental damage caused by sewage discharges from Southern Water’s combined sewer overflows. Yet, at the eastern … Continue reading Baltic Klipper container spill raises wider concerns

Southampton / New Forest Waterside development proposals

~ SPS Editor

The Solent coastline is one of the most environmentally sensitive and socially diverse areas in southern England. It is home to internationally designated habitats, long-established communities, and a coastline that supports recreation, industry and wildlife in close proximity. Any major development therefore brings both opportunities and responsibilities. Solent Protection Society volunteers are currently monitoring two … Continue reading Southampton / New Forest Waterside development proposals

Solent Gateway 2

~ SPS Editor

Development at Dibden Bay As an organisation that first campaigned actively against development of Dibden Bay around 20 years ago, Solent Protection Society’s current position is that some level of development of the site in today's economic climate is now inevitable.  We are encouraged to see that the footprint of the proposed development closely follows … Continue reading Solent Gateway 2

SPS parliamentary correspondence on CSO sewage spills into the Solent

~ SPS Editor

Earlier this year the leader of the Solent Protection Society’s Pollution Group, Richard Brown, wrote to his MP, Dr Sir Julian Lewis (New Forest East), to express the Society's concern and to ask what action the government was taking on Combined Sewer Overflows, given the high concentration of direct and indirect spills into the Solent … Continue reading SPS parliamentary correspondence on CSO sewage spills into the Solent

Double blast in Southern Water’s decaying underground ‘minefield’

~ SPS Editor

On Friday 29 November, less than a week before the latest Southern Water WRMP Consultation closed, Southern Water experienced two unconnected but near simultaneous major sewer pipe bursts in the Solent Area. What marks both of these incidents as particularly significant is that both sites had been subject to extensive and lengthy repair and refurbishment … Continue reading Double blast in Southern Water’s decaying underground ‘minefield’