Citizen testing finds 75% of rivers in Britain in poor ecological health

A new report from EarthWatch Europe based on a citizen science blitz over the weekend of 7-10 June has found that:

75% of data points across the UK showed poor ecological health with significant regional variation.
The Anglian and Thames regions have the worst water quality with up to 89% of data points showing poor ecological health.
The Solway Tweed area in the North West showed the best health with only 50% of data points showing unacceptable levels of nutrient pollution.

It is based on data collected by over 2,600 people across the UK who went out and measured the water quality of their local rivers.