Protests over water firms dumping sewage in rivers

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Nic Bury, professor of environmental toxicology at the University of Suffolk, is running a project looking at E. coli counts in rivers. A sample he took in Manningtree showed an E. coli count of 1000cfu/100ml. The threshold for good bathing water is less than 500cfu/100ml. He said: "The situation is quite bad. Every time I sample in the river I'm shocked about the lack of biodiversity so I'm very concerned about it."Wild swimmers in Manningtree dressed up as mermaids to protest against Anglian Water

Campaigner Anna Helm Baxter, who also helped organised the Manningtree protest, said the situation was "completely unacceptable". "It's essential to keep up the pressure on the water companies and the government, who need to not only create stronger policies, and shorter timelines, but also make sure that they enforce their own rules," she added.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

Mermaids ahoy🧜‍♀️🧜🧜‍♂️

Mermaids have never been found in any river.

Ilkley. West Yorkshire. Not one sign to warn parents who let their young children swim in the town center river. So many get sick.

Total scandal in 21st century

BREXIT Water companies now not subject to EU Regulations, and ignore the supposed equivalents 'Taking Back Control, and Screwing the Environment'

They should dump, somewhere else.

Thames Water dumped raw sewage into rivers 5,028 times in 2021.

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