Organisations from across the South Tyne area have been brought together by 22 projects to improve the local environment and river health in local communities, led by Northumbrian Water.

A new European Commission initiative aimed at improving the implementation of EU environmental policy and law has identified tackling water quality as one of the three main challenges facing the UK.  

Water UK, the body that represents all UK water and wastewater service suppliers at national and European level, has welcomed what it sees as a significant step by Defra towards solving what it describes as “the age-old problem of agricultural diffuse water pollution” at source where it is most cost-effective.