If the one-click email buttons aren't working for you, you can write to your water company directly using the addresses below. Don't forget to add turdcast@rumpusmedia.co.uk on cc so I can see how many people feel the same way I do!
Our suggested email template is:
To whom it may concern,
As a water bill payer, I am shocked by the volumes of untreated sewage that are discharged into our seas and rivers every year.
I would like to echo Joe Lycett's statement posted at turdcast.co.uk and am asking that you commit to stop paying shareholder dividends while this crisis is ongoing, and instead use this money to improve the sewerage system and get the situation under control.
Good question! In Scotland water is publicly owned, while in Wales water is run as a non-profit. Neither system has any dividends paid out to shareholders. But if you feel strongly about the sewage issue, feel free to write to your water company and ask them to commit to reducing spills in the spirit of the Poo Promise.