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Many rivers in England are polluted, but we need to recognise this is not an emerging issue but a much longer-standing one that has been largely ignored by the media and politicians for decades .
From my perspective, there is some good news when it comes to our rivers.
I would even say that some rivers are in the best state they have been in for hundreds of years .
The Environment Agency monitors water quality by measuring pollutants and characterising the life in the river.
Water companies need more scrutiny as there is evidence to suggest that they often still breach their licences.
They are only supposed to release raw sewage when there is high rainfall.
If this reaches such a critical level that the sewage would back up, water companies are legally allowed to release untreated waste.
Laws are starting to tighten on this, hence the increase in monitoring data.
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