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Inside the Tideway 'super sewer' near Fulham, London

Inside the huge London super sewer designed to fight river pollution

2 June 2023

A monstrous concrete pipe with a capacity of 1.6 million cubic metres is being built under London to reduce the frequency of sewage discharges into the Thames

The Evenlode is a 75 kilometre-long river in the Cotswolds, England, plagued with water pollution in recent years. Aerial view of the Evenlode.

How a Cotswolds river may show the way to clean up England's waterways

2 February 2022

The Evenlode in Oxfordshire, UK, has been plagued by pollution, but farmers, the water industry and local volunteers are working together to clean it up

Plan to save Great Barrier Reef from encroaching farm pollution

Plan to save Great Barrier Reef from encroaching farm pollution

22 September 2017

A major project is underway to protect Australia’s Great Barrier Reef from being smothered and poisoned by agricultural runoff

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