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ROSS-ON-WYE anglers say their “citizen science” shows the poor year-round state of the river Wye due to one of the main forms of water…
Only five samples (14.7 per cent) met permitted levels. The Wye problems were on top of high levels of pollution in one of its tributaries, the river Lugg. Phosphate levels in the river catchment area were found to be so high that the council put a moratorium on new development in most of North Herefordshire while it tried to find a solution. The phosphate was said to come from fertilisers applied to agricultural land, but that was the case across the country and not just by one farm. For the farm in Whitney-on-Wye, which is near a watercourse which feeds into the river Wye, Mr Pric...
A FARMER near Hay-on-Wye needs to make changes as he works with the Environment Agency to reduce to risk of polluting the river Wye, documents…
Ross-on-Wye anglers and the Marine Conservation Society are monitoring the pollution levels in the River Wye. Pictured here from left, Trevor Hyde, Rob Leather, Roy Jacobs and Dr Peter Richardson from the Marine Conservation Society. ANGLERS are calling for urgent action to prevent phosphate pollution from ‘killing’ the river Wye. Ross-on-Wye Angling Club members, who have been monitoring the river over recent months, have found shocking levels of phosphates in the water. Most of the 34 water samples they have taken since last July show phosphates content exceeded the maximum permit...