March 05th, 2023

https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/proginfo/2023/10/paul-whitehouse-our-troubled-rivers

IPlayer Catch Up:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m001jw74/paul-whitehouse-our-troubled-rivers

Paul Waterhouse our Troubled Rivers - feature Yorkshire & Lake District - how the quality of our rivers is being destroyed by the discharging water companies.

A series of two - this eve and next Sunday. Channel 2

Channel. 2
Date
Sunday, 5 March, 2023
Time
8:00 pm -
9:00 pm
Updates
Confirmed for BBC Two on 5 March at 8pm to 9pm.



Paul Whitehouse travels around England and Wales looking at the pressures affecting our rivers and waterways from water companies, intensive agriculture and growing population. Paul explores what is going on beneath the surface, why our rivers and waterways are in decline and what needs to be done to protect them.

In the first episode, Paul travels through the North of England looking at the impact water companies have on our rivers. He explores the change in the water industry since privatisation in 1989 and what regulations are in place when it comes to sewage discharge into our rivers.

He meets concerned locals in Yorkshire looking to highlight the health of the River Wharfe, a conservationist who warns of the ecological decline in iconic Lake Windemere ……………….


A MUST for All paddlers.

Perhaps this accounts for some of the recent paddler illnesses - Weils Disease and Gairdia?