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Sewage sleuths: the men who revealed the slow, dirty death of Welsh and English rivers | Rivers | The Guardian

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The long read: A tide of effluent, broken laws and ruthless cuts is devastating the nations’ waterways. An academic and a detective have dredged up the truth of how it was allowed to happen – but will anything be done?

Ashley Smith and Peter Hammond by the River Windrush in Oxfordshire. Photograph: Sam Frost/The Guardian A tide of effluent, broken laws and ruthless cuts is devastating the nation’s waterways. An academic and a detective have dredged up the truth of how it was allowed to happen – but will anything be done? By Oliver Bullough Thu 4 Aug 2022 01.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 28 Mar 2024 10.16 EDT Share Prefer the Guardian on Google P eter Hammond’s house is so picture-perfect – honey-gold stone, scarlet postbox by the door, pink roses climbing towards the first-floor windows – that it could host a

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