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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Harrison Galliven

INSANE: London river polluted by untreated waste flowing from homes | Vintage Vibes

One of London’s most biodiverse rivers is being polluted by untreated waste flowing from ordinary homes, with much of the contamination happening without residents even realising.

Misconnections — where household plumbing is incorrectly linked to surface water drains — are a key contributor to contamination in vulnerable rivers like the Wandle in South London.

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