rivers rivers in the UK achieve good chemical health
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rivers in the UK achieve good overall health
We need to act now
Since 2012 two-thirds of funding has been cut by the government to monitor water quality and there has been an 83% reduction in formal water monitoring leaving the state of our waterways in a critical state.
Our freshwater environments are being destroyed by an avalanche of pollutants and we urgently need the government to take transformative action to repair the damage before it is too late.
Not a single river in the UK is currently in an overall state of ‘good’ chemical health and only 14% achieve good ecological health – down from the already embarrassingly low 16% of a few years ago.
From chemical and toxic metal pollution to pathogens, sewage, PFAS, and microplastics, our waterways are rapidly deteriorating, impacting both human health and the ecosystems that rely on them to survive.
Our rivers, lakes, and canals are valuable community assets. These important blue spaces are transformative for our mental wellbeing and physical health.
These spaces look after us, now it’s time for us to look after them.
In 2019 dangerous pollutants in England’s rivers reached the
highest levels
since modern testing began
17,000
sites across the UK and Europe
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