When Dorset resort stretched its sewer nearly a kilometre out to sea

A historic sewer expansion from Dorset’s West Bay shows how local authorities extended an outfall nearly a kilometre out to sea in the 1960s to tackle pollution. The move involved a major project in West Bay carried out in 1967 under East Beach, designed to discharge sewage 950 metres offshore from a pumping station next to Station Yard Car Park. The article notes that it was not the first time the pipeline had been extended as an abatement measure, and that some residents argued for a modern system and a sewage farm to address the nuisance. Concerns were also raised about how sea currents could affect the pipe and about the need for divers and calm conditions off Chesil Beach for repairs. A buoy with a yellow flashing light marks the outlet, and a photographic record of construction was kept by Bridport Museum.