Britain’s rivers are under assault from multiple directions 🔎 CapurrodDaniel explains the problem and the damage it is doing to the environment
The UK’s sewage systems, which once led the world, rely on a system called combined overflows in which rainwater and sewage drains through the same pipes. When the sewers are overwhelmed, such as during periods of heavy rain, they discharge the excess into rivers to prevent the network from backing up.
Nevertheless, the sewage network is vast and includes thousands of small treatment works across the country that need upgrading. Doing so could prove hugely expensive, although estimates vary wildly. Reducing that influx of runoff can only be fully achieved by changing the way Britain farms. Ministers are including a series of incentives to reduce pesticide use in their post-Brexit subsidy scheme. However, questions remain as to how popular this will prove and the interim target for reducing such pollution is only 10 per cent by 2028.Beyond sewage and agricultural pollution, rivers face yet more problems.
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