Watershed Investigations has published the Watershed Pollution Map, revealing “a huge range of potential pollution sources that can harm rivers, lakes, groundwater, coasts and more”.
It shows:
- river, lake and groundwater health
- bathing water health
- damaged and protected waters
- sewage dumping
- chemical pollution
- urban and road pollution
- substances being discharged into waters
- years of Environment Agency sampling results
- intensive pig and chicken farms
- intensity of cattle farming
- landfills, waste sites and contaminated land
- big industrial sites
- political constituencies for 2024 and 2019
- flood risk
- economic deprivation