Photo by SASHere is some righteous good news from the UK. "Surfzombies" rose from the sea Wednesday to lobby local civic leaders in the States of Guernsey to invest in a new permanent full sewage treatment facility. The zombie surfers came within three votes of success but were defeated by proponents of the status quo pump and dump treatment strategy. Currently, the island community dumps raw sewage from nearly 60,000 residents directly into the sea. With one of the richest per capita populations in the West, Guernsey has a waste disposal methods on par with those found in the developing world nations. The Surfzombie activists plan to influence the leaders of Guernsey to clean up their act by raising awareness of this disgusting problem particular with respect to its impacts on tourism and more political will.

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