"City councillor Elliot Tong (Green, Abbey) said: “The River Cam is currently having an existential crisis. Without urgent action, both Jesus Lock island and Baits Bite Lock island will fail. This could significantly lower the water level and expose residents to centuries of filth that has sunk to the bottom of the river after being dumped there."
He put forward a motion to the full council on 24 July calling it to write to the secretary of state now explaining the need for funding for the repairs. His motion also proposed that responsibility for overseeing the River Cam should be transferred to any future unitary authority that covers Cambridge following the planned local government reorganisation.
But an amendment to the motion was put forward by Cllr Martin Smart (Lab, King’s Hedges), removing these points."

https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/support-for-conservators-in-battle-over-major-river-cam-lo-9428285/

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Showing Today. Every day half-a-dozen #Geograph contributors post a picture from the previous 12 months. Today, a riverside bike ride.
#River #RiverCam #oldtowpath #NationalCycleRoute11 #nearHorningsea #nearCambridge
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#thicktrunktuesday

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After being told that "cleaned water" has been recycled into the #RiverCam testing has shown that "#Phosphate level is massively higher than the acceptable maximum and is stifling the #River. Often agriculture is blamed but in this case it is clearly related to sewage. This points to serious neglect by #AnglianWater and the #EnvironmentAgency (EA).."

#GTTO #TorySewageParty #Rivers #WaterCompanies #Waterways

https://curat.org.uk/2023/01/10/phosphate-pollution/