ENVIRONMENTAL campaigner and singer Feargal Sharkey will visit Ilkley on Sunday supporting the Ilkley Clean River Group's campaign to stop residents paying more money in their bills for Yorkshire Water to treat sewage.
Feargal will be outside the Riverside Hotel in Ilkley from 12.30pm to 1.15pm on March 17 and will set out the key issues for Ilkley. This will be followed by questions from the public.
A spokesperson for Ilkley Clean River Campaign said: "Next week Yorkshire Water presents their plans to update the sewage works at Ilkley to make it compliant with Bathing Status legislation. It says this is innovative enhancement and the customer has to pay for it. Having just put our bills up, Yorkshire Water is planning to hike them again to an average £585 (at current prices) by 2030, a 32 per cent increase, to pay for basic treatment of most of our sewage.
"Feargal will set out how Yorkshire Water is using financial practices such as inter-company loans to generate financial gain for the owners and shareholders, whilst fleecing local people and polluting our rivers and seas."
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