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Title: Sewage Sleuths. Guardian Article
Post by: Ivor Duffus on 06/08/2022 at 15:55

well worth 5 minutes,

 Scotland has its own problems of course. Raw sewage pumped into the Spey the other week. Government yes men Sepa turn up  and defend the water company saying they are
doing nothing wrong  :X2.



https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjpwLOfurL5AhUUgFwKHShnD14QFnoECAwQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2022%2Faug%2F04%2Fsewage-sleuths-river-pollution-slow-dirty-death-of-welsh-and-english-rivers&usg=AOvVaw0leYCcMlOmqdJ-619-EuUg

Title: Re: Sewage Sleuths. Guardian Article
Post by: Bob Mitchell on 09/08/2022 at 10:00

Sewage water emptied into the rivers is an unseen problem in a lot of cases. Noticed this on the Tummel in the low water a couple of years back. Blanket weed over all the stones. A bug count showed that the March Browns and the large dark olives all gone. Sad.
Bob.

Title: Re: Sewage Sleuths. Guardian Article
Post by: Greg Bowie on 11/08/2022 at 08:25

That's abysmal Bob.

There's a local wee burn near me in Prestwick, looking back at historical maps there's quite a few named fishing pools on there, but the water is milky like 80's bathwater. Absolutely no signs of any fish life, Ayrshire rivers trust only picked up the odd Gudgeon at their last survey.

Sepa not interested - 'it's natural eutrification' - is it buggery, it's farm and industry pollution, pure and simple.