New research will investigate how pollution impacts our country’s rivers, develop better monitoring methods and put forward solutions for better chemical management to improve water quality.
New research will investigate how pollution impacts our country’s rivers, develop better monitoring methods and put forward solutions for better chemical management to improve water quality.
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Defra are investing a total of £8.4 million to better understand current and projected changes in the quality of UK freshwaters, with two of the five funded projects led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH).
Pollutants from agricultural and industrial chemicals, plastic, sewage and wastewater have negative impacts upon the ecosystems that we rely on, contaminating river water and threatening animals and plants. Their use throughout society has led to increasing concentrations and diversity of chemical pollutants in the environment.
Read More: UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
