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The Forth Rivers Trust wishes to champion rivers around the Forth, highlighting the pressures they face from pollution, in particular sewage. Working with local communities, we will help highlight the pressures river face, working with the communities to encourage agencies to act.
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Situation
Pollution such as sewage blights the rivers around the Forth. It has become an increasing problem as old systems are not renewed but still expected to take the waste from an ever increasing population around the central belt. sewage can smother habitat for aquatic wildlife but also cause issues for the communities that live next to rivers which have sewage in them.
Solution
We want to work with communities to map out all outfalls along rivers in the Forth through an initiative called Outfall Safaris. The initiative will train communities up to understand different types of outfalls, what to look for and how to record them. the information collected will then be used to identify the key areas most at risk, using the information to lobby agencies such as SEPA and Scottish Water for clean ups but also better protections for the environment.
