00:00 So I'm taking Southwest Water to court because I feel like they need to be held accountable.
00:05 I've had enough. Hi my name's Jo Bateman, I live in Exmouth, I'm a year-round sea swimmer
00:10 and I'm taking Southwest Water to court because I believe that they have taken away the amenity
00:16 of swimming in the sea by dumping sewage in it. So I swim in the sea every single day because I
00:20 absolutely love it and I love the benefits that it gives to my mental and physical health and I'm not
00:26 alone in that. There are many many people who find the same. I'm taking Southwest Water to court
00:30 because I feel like they need to be held accountable. I've had enough. I'm withholding
00:36 the sewage part of my water bill and all I get from that is threats of debt recovery and bailiffs
00:42 and I finally decided that I need to take action. I need to do something. Every single one of us
00:49 has the right to swim in the sea. It belongs to all of us. We all have that right. We may not all
00:55 choose to take it but I want to. If I win it sets an amazing precedent I hope and that will open the
01:02 floodgates for the thousands of other people who are unable to swim when sewage is dumped in the
01:06 sea by Southwest Water.
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