How a Cotswolds river may show the way to clean up England's
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Wed 9 Feb 2022, 23:55 "investment will always be limited by how much people are willing to pay for their water bills." and / or the excessive dividends deemed necessary to be paid to water company shareholders while failing to update infrastructure! What other industry would allow a stock loss of around a quarter of its refined product to not reach the customer? Fix that and maybe fewer new reservoirs are needed. As for "serious resourcing: £3 million over five years from Thames Water" the measuring equipment so provided might not be needed if the sponsor stopped releasing untreated sewage into the River Evenlode at various points. |
| Malcolm Blackmore |
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Sun 6 Feb 2022, 15:53 I'm a subscriber to the New Scientist, and didn't know if the url link was open-able to everyone not subscribed; hence copying/pasting the entire article to the page for reading. |
| Flora Gregory |
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Sun 6 Feb 2022, 13:10 There is a special session with the Evenlode Catchment Partnership on Monday 21 March, https://www.charlbury.info/events/7697 Rivers, the role of communities, the water companies, and organisations like the EA - steadily at the top of the agenda at Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/03/questions-remain-for-environment-agency |
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Richard Fairhurst
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Fri 4 Feb 2022, 18:07 Interesting read – thank you, Malcolm. I suspect Thames Water’s PR people have been in overdrive and 2025 is still some way off, but good news… eventually. |
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Fri 4 Feb 2022, 00:26 How a Cotswolds river may show the way to clean up England's waterways How a Cotswolds river may show the way to clean up England's waterways The Evenlode in Oxfordshire, UK, has been plagued by pollution, but farmers, the water industry and local volunteers are working together… |
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