Surfers Against Sewage is a UK-based non profit-making organisation campaigning for clean, safe recreational waters, free from sewage effluents, toxic chemicals, marine litter and nuclear waste.

The SAS campaign has already been hugely influential in helping to secure high levels of sewage treatment for many seaside resorts around the country. This has allowed many recreational water users to enjoy their sports in water which is much cleaner and safer now than ever before. SAS continues to focus on key sewage issues to ensure the benefits we’ve helped secure are maintained and improved upon in the future. Campaign targets include a reduction in the number of pollution incidents caused by sewer overflows, ensuring the UK tackles the threats of a changing climate to prevent failures at sewage treatment works, adoption of sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) to divert wastewater away from the sewerage infrastructure and a water-tight implementation of the revised EU Bathing Water Directive to ensure recreational water users and bathers get real time public information on water quality to help them make informed choices on where and when they use the water.

As a result of our ongoing campaign successes, SAS have become respected eco-campaigners and are now putting skills learnt to good use in campaigning vigorously on a broader range of water issues that can impact both on the health of the water user and that of the water environment. Current campaigns include ‘Sewage and Sickness’, ‘Safer Shipping’, ‘No To Toxics’, ‘Climate Chaos’ and ‘Marine Litter’.

For more information please visit www.sas.org.uk