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The average annual rise in water bills will be about £12. that, in the context of other pressures on household incomes, is, ithink, modest, and i think a price that most people would be willing to pay to tackle this problem of sewage overflows in our river system. even with more money, it could take years to make a difference. this is croyde beach in north devon. the water's safe today, but there are regular storm discharges after wet weather. justin dyson lives here. he's a surfer and he's had enough. you feel completely helpless. i'm one of these boring people that have written to my mp a c...

Water to 40 million people in the west. this week the federal government announced water cut backs to avoid a catastrophic collapse of the river system. so while the west remains engulfed in a climate change driven mega drought no region of the country has been spared. right now nearly 50% of the continental u.s. is in a drought, half the country. a flash drought in new england is intensifying and expanding and in texas cattle ranchers told cnn conditions are to dire and the economic strain so large they can no longer maintain healthy livestock. take a closer look here at the west. the histori...

City. and you can watch the full interview with cy leung on bbc world news this coming weekend. check out our website for transmission times in your region. people living in a small time in the colombian capital have been fleeing from foam spewing from a river. toxic foam flooded streets following heavy rains the night before. residents say they are concerned about the health impacts. local environment authorities say the polluted foam which has been seen over the past few years is increasing because of people dumping waste, chemicals and detergents into the river system. wednesday was day 3 a...

Start expanding to the river system, which is exactly what we wanted. so that is a very good start, and hopefully that will be more species looking forward. among the estimated one million species under threat around the world, a third of wildlife that depends on freshwater habitats, are sliding towards extinction. and the ongoing loss of clean, healthy rivers and lakes threatens our food and water supplies too. so here injalisco, mexico, the community stepped in. local people trained with the scientists to take on long—term monitoring of this vital river network, to ensure it is clean and h...

Scientists in mexico have reversed that extinction, bringing captive—bred fish back to the wild. the team has now confirmed that the fish are breeding, and that the population is recovering here. they're doing well. they started with the introduction of 1,500 animals, so now we're talking about from 1,500 individuals now to tens of thousands, and now what we're seeing that the species is slowly starting expanding to the river system, which is exactly what we wanted. so that is a very good start, and hopefully that will be more species looking forward. among the estimated 1 million species un...