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UK seaside town fighting water company pollution

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Annette Dittert in Whitstable, UK
May 13, 2024

Residents in an English seaside town are fed up with unfiltered wastewater, and are refusing to pay their water bills.

Correction, May 13, 2024: This video has the incorrect spelling of the name of SOS Whitstable member Elane Heffernan. DW apologizes for the error.

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