Majority of England's rivers and lakes fail new environmental review
"We will drive forward a system that puts the public interest first," she said.Much of the debate about the state of England's waters has centred on water companies and the sewage they release into rivers. "If it goes straight into a river, it causes eutrophication. Lower flows can concentrate the very pollution the new data is designed to track, leaving fish and other aquatic life exposed to more dangerous levels.
- ▪"We will drive forward a system that puts the public interest first," she said.Much of the debate about the state of England's waters has centred on water companies and the sewage they release into rivers.
- ▪"If it goes straight into a river, it causes eutrophication.
- ▪Lower flows can concentrate the very pollution the new data is designed to track, leaving fish and other aquatic life exposed to more dangerous levels.
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Majority of England's rivers and lakes fail new environmental reviewImage source, Getty ImagesByMatt McGrathEnvironment correspondentPublishedJust nowEngland's rivers, lakes and coastal waters remain in a challenging state with only around one in seven classed as being in good ecological condition, according to the first comprehensive assessment of their health in six years.Data from the Environment Agency shows that while 15% of rivers are classed as good, fewer than 7% of lakes reached that level.
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