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Pictured: Warning signs next to the River Lim half a mile down stream of the Lyme Regis Sewage Treatment Works.
An underfire water company blamed for causing the ecological death of a once idyllic river is fast tracking funding to clean it up.
South West Water has been 'shamed' into action after campaigners highlighted the sad demise of the River Lim in Lyme Regis, Dorset.
The waterway was once a thriving ecosystem with trout, eels and kingfishers populating the area.
But they have disappeared as there are 'barely any' invertebrates at the bottom of the food chain left in the water.
An exponential rise in human waste surging into the river from storage tanks at a nearby South West Water treatment centre has been blame
Pic: Graham Hunt/BNPS
Pictured: Warning signs next to the River Lim half a mile down stream of the Lyme Regis Sewage Treatment Works.
An underfire water company blamed for causing the ecological death of a once idyllic river is fast tracking funding to clean it up.
South West Water has been 'shamed' into action after campaigners highlighted the sad demise of the River Lim in Lyme Regis, Dorset.
The waterway was once a thriving ecosystem with trout, eels and kingfishers populating the area.
But they have disappeared as there are 'barely any' invertebrates at the bottom of the food chain left in the water.
An exponential rise in human waste surging into the river from storage tanks at a nearby South West Water treatment centre has been blame
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