Central News East: 17.12.1986: Nitrate Pollution

Summary

Anne Davies reports that the East Midlands has been named as one of the worst places for water that is polluted by dangerous nitrates that have got into the water supply from farming.

Year:

1986

Duration:

0:01:46

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

Betacam SP

Description

Interview with the Chief Scientist for Severn Trent Water, Geoff Woodward about the new report and the cost of bringing British water up to the standards required by the EEC. He said that although water supplies were not harmful they were technically over EEC limits. Library pictures of reservoirs, a pumping station, trout farm, woman filling glass of water and farm land.


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