Most rivers, lakes and coasts ‘likely to remain in poor state’, watchdog warns

By PA News

Published: 12:01, 08 May 2024

| Updated: 00:02, 09 May 2024

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Only 16% of England’s water bodies are in a good ecological state (Alamy/PA)

Legal targets to improve the state of England’s rivers, lakes and coastal waters will be missed by a “considerable margin” without more action and funding, the environmental watchdog...

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