West Dorset MP Chris Loder has welcomed the launch of South West Water’s ‘revolutionary’ new water monitoring platform “Waterfit” last week on the 20th March that reports real time information on water quality and investment strategies to slash sewage discharges across their coverage area, including Lyme Regis where the MP has been actively campaigning for a return of ‘Church Beach’ in Lyme Regis to bathing water quality. The launch comes roughly two weeks since Mr Loder held a summit in Westminster with the CEO of South West Water’s parent company, Pennon where he doubled down on the need for greater transparency and action on sewage and water quality. Mr Loder said;
“I voted through the Environment Act in Parliament just over a year ago, and it has been making great steps ever since; holding water companies to account on their environmental record and getting clear, deliverable and enforceable targets. I am especially pleased that after my interventions, South West Water are moving way ahead of the deadlines under this new law and bringing forward early the requirements for monitoring real time information and expediting their investment strategies to tidy up our rivers and beaches for good.”
The WaterFit Live map is designed to share information about the region’s bathing beaches, location and performance of storm overflows and South West Water’s plans to improve water quality. The local MP continued;
“I will continue working hard to ensure the improvements we need to see are delivered locally, on the ground and making a real difference to our rivers and beaches. I remain focused in Westminster on ensuring water companies are more rigorously held to account on their environmental record.”
