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17 Jul 2024

Road runoff pollution causing ‘catastrophic damage’ to UK’s waterways

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 […]

12 Oct 2023

Overflows – focus shifts to road outfalls

News Water

An investigation by the Guardian and Watershed Investigations has highlighted how hundreds of potentially toxic road runoff outfalls are polluting England’s rivers. No regulator is monitoring the scale of impact of dangerous chemicals on wildlife or public health. Last month, National Highways reported it had assessed its discharge points and found 1,236 outfalls and soakaways […]