THE DUMPING of untreated sewage, the taking of unsustainable amounts of drinking water and intensive farming are ruining our rivers. Wild fish and their habitats require clean water and lots of it, but the damage water companies and some farmers cause puts our own vital and multidimensional relationship with water in deep jeopardy. The faults are not the farmers’ or the water companies’ alone. The Government and its regulators, Ofwat and the Environment Agency (EA), are as much to blame. All must play a part in finding the solutions. The essential
The price of water is too low
May 11, 2023
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