It's time to crank up the volume

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John, did you see Annie's email yesterday? ⬇️⬇️⬇️ It was important, so I didn't want you to miss it.

Annie launched our Flush Out The Lies Big Give Appeal. Over the next 6 days, we're pulling out all the stops to raise £150,000 to help us reveal the disgusting truth about water companies.

Today is a BIG day for this kind of work - because we're taking over 30,000 people’s voices – and insider knowledge as water lovers – directly to the Independent Water Commission.

But this is just the start. We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape water laws in England and Wales this year. Now, we need your help to collect the facts and crank the volume UP so it's impossible for decision-makers to ignore.

That’s why I’m asking - will you donate today to help?

Every pound you give will be DOUBLED for the next 6 days – and will power our spill seekers to keep unearthing the truth.

Yes, I'll give £20, doubled to £40 [[link removed]? utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=spring_appeal_2025_d] Yes, I'll give £30, doubled to £60 [[link removed]? utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=spring_appeal_2025_d] Yes, I'll give £50, doubled to £100 [[link removed]? utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=spring_appeal_2025_d] Yes, I'll give another amount [[link removed]? utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=spring_appeal_2025_d]

We couldn’t do any of this without you, our Ocean Activists – so thanks for standing by us through thick and thin along the way.

For the ocean,

Giles, Chief Executive

John - don’t you just hate lies?

I really do. That’s why I’m so driven in my job as Data Officer at Surfers Against Sewage - to use cold, hard facts to flush them out.

But right now, we’re struggling to keep up with water companies’ shameless cover-ups and toxic tactics.

Together, our fierce campaigning has forced politicians to promise action this year. But promises aren’t enough. Until they adopt our roadmap for a sustainable water system, we’ve got work to do.

It’s a race to build a bank of evidence to reveal the truth behind water companies’ ‘squeaky clean’ spin.

That’s why I’ve stepped away from the data today to ask: will you donate to ramp up our work to uncover these lies - and make sure they’re IMPOSSIBLE to ignore?

John - for the next 7 days, every pound you give will be doubled - thanks to the Big Give Green Match Fund.

Will you help hit our target of £150,000 - to help POWER UP our teams exposing the truth through watertight evidence, our Data HQ, and the campaigns making it front page news?

Yes, I'll give £20, doubled to £40 [[link removed]? utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=spring_appeal_2025_d] Yes, I'll give £30, doubled to £60 [[link removed]? utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=spring_appeal_2025_d] Yes, I'll give £50, doubled to £100 [[link removed]? utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=spring_appeal_2025_d] Yes, I'll give another amount [[link removed]? utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=spring_appeal_2025_d]

Data is such a powerful tool for change. And with your support, we’re the only organisation tracking every available sewage overflow - live - through our new Data HQ. Not to mention the incredible citizen scientists monitoring the waters they love - rain or shine.

The reality is, when more people know the dirty truth about water companies (the lies they want to bury), we can push for tighter laws, stronger infrastructure, and an end to sewage spills - for good.

With new water laws on the horizon in England and Wales - and pressure building in Scotland and Northern Ireland - we’re so close to winning a water system that puts people and planet before profits. But water companies are fighting back, tooth and nail.

John, we need the dirty truth to hit the front pages, hard. From supercharging our Data HQ, to backing grassroots campaigns exposing stinking sewage spin - your support can power it all.

Please, give what you can today and DOUBLE your impact:

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It shouldn’t fall to all of us to uncover the evidence - but it’s people like YOU who can help us flush out the lies! From stacking the data, to standing up for the waters you love - we can’t do it without you.

Thank you so much for anything you can do to help in this critical week.

Annie McKelvey

Senior Water Quality Data Officer

P.S. We’ve got just 7 days to smash our Big Give target - so expect a few more emails from us over the next week. But trust us, you’ll want to stay tuned. We’ll be flushing out some of the filthiest lies water companies would rather stay buried - now exposed thanks to incredible supporters like you.

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