Campaigners take to rivers across the UK in 12 protests against water companies dumping sewage.
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Nic Bury, professor of environmental toxicology at the University of Suffolk, is running a project looking at E. coli counts in rivers. A sample he took in Manningtree showed an E. coli count of 1000cfu/100ml. The threshold for good bathing water is less than 500cfu/100ml. He said: "The situation is quite bad. Every time I sample in the river I'm shocked about the lack of biodiversity so I'm very concerned about it."Wild swimmers in Manningtree dressed up as mermaids to protest against Anglian Water
Campaigner Anna Helm Baxter, who also helped organised the Manningtree protest, said the situation was "completely unacceptable". "It's essential to keep up the pressure on the water companies and the government, who need to not only create stronger policies, and shorter timelines, but also make sure that they enforce their own rules," she added.
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