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River Almond
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Probe into River Almond sewage ‘ineffective’, say critics
Campaigners in West Lothian are unhappy with a new watchdog's investigation into sewage pollution in the River Almond.
Watchdog investigates Sepa ‘failure’ to stop sewage pollution
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is under scrutiny by a new government standards watchdog for allegedly failing to stop sewage pollution.
Scotland’s ‘unlawful’ bathing water policy challenged by Environmental Rights Centre
A green charity has made an official complaint about the Scottish Government's allegedly “unlawful” approach to protecting bathing waters from sewage leaks.
Revealed: the drugs that are poisoning Scotland’s water
Medicinal drugs have polluted Scotland’s waterways in breach of safety levels more than 2,300 times over seven years.
Water ecosystems worst on record in latest green watchdog surveys
Scotland’s rivers, lochs, canals and burns are in the worst state on record, with more than 400 damaged by water pollution and other problems, according to the latest official analysis.
Sewage dumped into River Almond more than 500 times in a year
Scottish Water discharged sewage on over 500 occasions in one year into a Lothian river where people swim and fish.
