Interesting piece in New Civil Engineer

Water running off roads in the UK is carrying pollution into the country’s waterways and causing “catastrophic damage”, but the issue has “flown under the radar” according to a new whitepaper from Keyline Civils Specialist.

The report states that there are 1 million instances in the UK where water from roads meets watercourses, known as outfalls, and 18% of water body failures in England are caused by road water runoff, as per the Water Framework Directive.

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