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"Targets to clean up the majority of England’s rivers, lakes and coastal waters
suffering from a cocktail of agricultural and sewage pollution have been pushed
back from 2027 to 2063.
Not one English waterway, including rivers, lakes, estuaries and coastal waters
is in good ecological and chemical health at present, with pollution from water
treatment plants and agriculture the key sources of the damage. The Environment
Agency said on Thursday £5.3bn was being invested for the next five years to
stop the further deterioration of waterways.
But the summary documents within the plan reveal the target for all 3,651 water
bodies to achieve good chemical and ecological status – a state in which they
are as close to their natural state as possible – was now decades away in
2063."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
