The Lea River has just been voted the 4th Worst River in England & Wales by the members of the RSPB. It is no surprise that the aspect commented most about - is the pollution.
We see this every day. All day long there is flotsam & jetsam flowing by Leabank Square. Of course, we have always notified British Waterways whenever there has been a particularly bad pollution spill - but we can do our bit too. Whenever we are up in the Purple Garden on the riverbank - if you see anything floating by close to the bank - please safely retrieve it - and bin it.
It might seem a small insignificant floating pop bottle - but it all adds up.
In the meanwhile - I wonder what the Olympic Delivery Authority feel about hosting the 2012 games along the 4th worst river in England & Wales?
Mmmmmmm......
See:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/264550-revealed-the-best-and-worst-rivers-in-england-and-wales
We see this every day. All day long there is flotsam & jetsam flowing by Leabank Square. Of course, we have always notified British Waterways whenever there has been a particularly bad pollution spill - but we can do our bit too. Whenever we are up in the Purple Garden on the riverbank - if you see anything floating by close to the bank - please safely retrieve it - and bin it.
It might seem a small insignificant floating pop bottle - but it all adds up.
In the meanwhile - I wonder what the Olympic Delivery Authority feel about hosting the 2012 games along the 4th worst river in England & Wales?
Mmmmmmm......
See:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/264550-revealed-the-best-and-worst-rivers-in-england-and-wales
http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/river_lea_voted_fourth_worst_river_1_729181
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/waleshistory/2010/11/sir_hugh_middleton_drinking_water_river_thames.html
3 comments:
thought them lot at the olympics were gonna clean it up? what happened?
Tony
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No, they weren't actually. They were going to dredge the waterworks river, which happened. The river is disgusting.
I saw a ded fish the other day, it had 3 eyes. Well, it cud of been an eye. It was all like big and dead an stuff. I think it might of bin a mutant. Ha.
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