Sydney’s unusual sewerage system to blame for faecal and fat balls on beaches, experts claim – the Guardian
City invented Australia’s beach culture, environmentalist Richard Gosden says, but all this time ‘it’s been conducted in diluted sewage’…
Untreated sewage and fertilizer runoff threaten the Florida manatee – the Conversation
The gentle, slow-moving Florida manatee has no natural predators. And yet, these charismatic mammals face numerous threats….
Win for wild swimmers as government pledges crackdown on water pollution in bathing spots – the Independent
Plans are being considered to increase the protection of England and Wales’ 550 water bathing spots from beyond the summer months and see the number expended to include popular surfing spots…
‘I swam in the polluted Channel and now I need hearing aids’ – the Times UK
Maggie Alderson blames poor water quality off Hastings for an infection that punctured her ear drum. Samples taken from the sea would appear to back that up…