UK rivers healthier, but more must be done
Tougher rules on the amount of water businesses can take from UK rivers have improved the flow of 590 miles of waterways, but greater efficiency is needed, warns the Environment Agency (EA)
The agency’s Restoring Sustainable Abstraction programme investigates abstraction licenses granted to businesses in previous decades and which are enabling unsustainable and damaging levels o
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