As water makes its course from mountains to the sea, through what should be the cleanblue capillaries, veins and arteries of our nation, it is exposed to a plethora of pollutants, from agriculture, manufacturing, urban environments, water companies, the medical industry and much more. Runoff pours from fields, taking antibiotics, fertilizers and pesticides into precious…
Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran today said the government needs to undertake more action to “keep water safe”. In a debate on bathing water status for the river Thames in Oxford, the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon said “our rivers should be places of protected picturesque beauty, not low-cost avenues for getting rid of sewage and biodiversity”. Responding for the government, environment…
The under-secretary for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Rebecca Pow says the anger over raw sewage deposits is part of a “social media storm [that] has been whipped up.” Luke Pollard, the shadow secretary of state for the environment, said: “Whipping their own MPs to vote against an amendment to end the routine discharge of…
