00:00Hundreds of Whitstable residents and beyond have taken part in SOS Whitstable's 5th annual march,
00:11demanding an end to sewage spills and returning water companies to public ownership.
00:20The end this dirty business protest, named after the Channel 4 documentary, saw people dress up as flies, swans and
00:34fish as they made their way down to southern water owned Swellcliff wastewater treatment works, with one emotion dominating over
00:47all else.
00:48I mean rightly anger, maybe disbelief, sadness, I mean the whole rainbow of emotions and quite rightly so and we
00:59need more of that, we need more anger, we need more action, we need everybody to come together against this,
01:09towards the companies, towards the government, towards the Environment Agency.
01:13Joining the protesters were celebrity speakers and the activists who inspired dirty business.
01:23We're leading the charge, we're being the vanguard of trying to draw the nation's attention to the absolute corruption of
01:30the water industry and the decimation and destruction that's been reaped upon our beaches and upon our rivers.
01:37We've seen what happens here and it's what's happening around the rest of the country, every community, every single community
01:43is being affected by a water industry that's concentrating on making money and not doing the job it's paid to
01:49do.
01:49A Southern Water spokesperson said that the company is investing £1.5 billion to stop storm overflows.
02:01It says AI is now being used to unlock extra storm capacity alongside nature-based solutions.
02:12SOS Whitstable are encouraging people to sign their Change.org petition to put the issue to Parliament.
02:23The crowds here at Tangenton Beach are now making their way home but the message of this protest is going
02:31to continue to cause a storm for weeks, months and potentially years to come.
02:39Henry Luck, for Kane TV, in Whitstable.
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