Yesterday as part of the Sustainable Wales Climate Change Event we ran workshops at the Seabank Hotel in Porthcawl. This year is also the 50th anniversary of Porthcawl lifeguard club & as part of their celebrations the nippers (junior lifeguards) were having a weekend camping at the beach. The tired looking group of nippers then joined us on Sunday morning for our workshop.
An enthusiastic group they were particularly interested to learn how one of the effects of climate change, increased storminess & heavy rainfall, will affect them as lifeguards.
In this country our antiquated sewage system is linked directly to our storm drains so heavy rainfall puts so much pressure on our sewage system that the system has to release directly into our water ways & the sea. For those of us that spend a lot of time in open water this poses a serious risk to our health.
This is particularly poinent for me as 2 weeks ago I surfed a local river mouth break the morning after heavy rainfall. The water stank & a day later I was suffering with crippling stomach pains & some other unpleasant symptoms. Two weeks later I'm still ill.
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