Ben Nathan is helping to raise awareness of pollution in a local stream through a newly-founded action group
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It comes after the mayor promised in his manifesto to bring London’s waterways up to a “swimmable” level of cleanliness by 2034
The bridge over the North Circular near New Southgate Station is blighted by pigeon poo and a mysterious substance containing E-coli
The mayor was re-elected last year on a pledge to “make rivers in London swimmable within ten years”
It comes ahead of the opening of the new Thames Tideway sewage system that will become operational next year
A misconnected drain empties sewage into the Pymmes Brook (credit Thames Water)
Pymmes Brook and River Ching among streams with most spills while Deephams Sewage Treatment Works in Edmonton also highlighted
The Air Quality Fund will help London boroughs fund projects to reduce air pollution for their residents
Haringey Council aims to make the borough one of London’s biggest low-traffic neighbourhood areas, reports Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter Increasing the...
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