The special status would echo a similar international scheme that exists for beaches and marinas.
Rivers in Britain would be given a new “blue flag status” under Liberal Democrat proposals to protect waterways from sewage dumping.
The proposals will be discussed at the party’s annual conference in Bournemouth, where delegates have gathered over the weekend to decide on policies which will form the blueprint for its general election manifesto.Sewage became a major political battleground during the May local elections in so-called “blue wall” seats in southern England, where the Lib Dems are seeking to win over traditionally Tory voters.
As well as poisoning swimmers, sewage damages river ecosystems through chemical and microplastic pollution and algal blooms, which feed on the phosphates in faeces and explode in size, consuming the water’s oxygen and suffocating other forms of life. “It is an utter disgrace that people are getting sick from sewage after swimming in their local river, while the water companies are allowed to get away with it.
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