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What You Can Do Now: Protect Our Right to Clean Water

What You Can Do Now: Protect Our Right to Clean Water

gillhickman2024
Jul 29, 2025
1 min read

Our own water testing results have revealed serious pollution concerns in local rivers and reedbeds — including dangerously high E. coli levels. These findings highlight a broader national problem: ongoing sewage discharges, weak regulation, and inadequate investment in water infrastructure.


We believe everyone should have a legal right to clean water and a healthy environment.


Friends of the Earth’s campaign for a new Environmental Rights Act proposes exactly that — embedding this right in UK law to force polluters and regulators to act. Make your voice count: Sign the petition today and join the fight for safer, cleaner waterways

 
 
 

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