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 (DIR) Post #Allk2bkFPlvsVzLD28 by mia@hcommons.social
       2024-09-07T08:49:20Z
       
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       UK peeps, do you live near a river? 'When the UK was in the EU, it was subject to the water framework directive, which meant it had to carry out detailed pollution analysis of waterways and report every year. ... ’Citizen scientists’ have therefore been intensifying efforts to check rivers for pollution to try to find the true scale of the problem.The Rivers Trust has developed an app for its Big River Watch and is asking users to spend 15 minutes by their local river [between 6-12 September] and fill in a survey'https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/07/citizen-scientists-to-check-uk-rivers-for-sewage-and-pollution