This draft is designed to help you, as a resident, urge your local representatives to take a stand against the ongoing sewage crisis. You can copy and adapt the text below to send via email or post to your Parish or Town Councillor.

Letter of Support: Support the Dowr Glan Motion

To: [Name of Councillor]

Council: [Name of Parish/Town Council]

Date: [Insert Date]

Subject: Support for the Dowr Glan Motion – Vote of No Confidence in South West Water

Dear Councillor [Name],

As a resident of [Your Town/Village] and a constituent of this council, I am writing to you today to express my deep concern regarding the ongoing failure of South West Water (SWW) to protect our local environment and public health.

I am asking you to formally support the Dowr Glan campaign—a cross-party, grassroots movement—by ensuring that the "Motion of No Confidence" and the accompanying "Formal Letter of No Confidence" are put to a vote at our next council meeting.

Our community has reached a breaking point. Despite Cornish residents paying the highest water bills in the UK, our coastline and rivers have become conduits for raw sewage. In 2025 and early 2026, we have seen unprecedented spills that have closed our beaches, turned our streets and rivers into open sewers and damaged our local tourism economy.

By supporting this motion, our Council will join others across the Duchy in resolving to:

• Formally declare a Vote of No Confidence in the management of South West Water.

• Sign the collective letter to the Secretary of State demanding the removal of SWW’s management through a Special Administration Order.

• Petition for a transition of Cornish water assets into a publicly-owned organisation run as a public service.

You can find this letter to put to the vote at your next council meeting here: https://sites.google.com/view/dowrglan/sign-the-letter

It is clear that SWW continues to prioritise shareholder dividends and executive bonuses over the essential capital investment needed to fix our infrastructure. Their leadership has lost its social license to operate in Cornwall.

Our rivers and seas are the lifeblood of the Cornish economy and our identity. We can no longer stand by while they are managed into decline.

I urge you to represent the voices of your constituents by bringing this motion forward and voting in its favour. I look forward to hearing your position on this urgent matter and seeing this item on the Council's upcoming agenda.

Yours sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your Address/Postcode]

[Your Email/Phone Number]