The past year has seen public outrage over sewage with volunteers taking action into their own hands.
Local patrols are keeping an eye on everything from plastic pollution to declining fish
But as more people spend time out on the water paddle-boarding or wild swimming, there's growing interest in sounding the alarm on pollution, from plastic to chemicals.English Channel swimmer Peter Green holds a protest action against the dumping of raw sewage into the sea These are naturally present in small quantities but in excess can cause vast blooms of algae and kill fish and invertebrates.
"We hope through dialogue and through action by the water utility it will be possible to restore the Evenlode to the health it had before the year 2000."The River Evenlode flows for 45 miles from Gloucestershire to the River Thames According to a report by Environmental Audit Committee MPs, England's rivers are "in a mess", contaminated by "a chemical cocktail" of sewage, agricultural waste and pollution.Image caption,Dr Heather Moorhouse of Earthwatch says citizen scientists can't replace the work of regulators but they can put pressure on polluters to clean up their act.
The main problem for the Evenlode, like many rural rivers, is pollution from sewage and agricultural waste, says Dr Izzy Bishop, a lecturer in ecology at UCL in London.
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