A Vision for Water - Improving our rivers, lakes and coasts

A Vision for Water Improving our rivers, lakes and coasts A Vision for Water The Wildlife Trusts | 2 The State of England’s Waters Key Pressures on the Poor water quality affects every single river, lake, water environment estuary and coastal water in England, and the poor state of our waters has become a doorstep issue for voters. [...] Sewage Pollution impacts wildlife, rural Agriculture is the sector responsible for the economies and communities — yet it is far from the greatest proportion of ‘Reasons for Failure’ against only harm our waters are facing: WFD targets (36%) and contributes to failures in the greatest number of waterbodies (45%). [...] Farming, through fertiliser and responsible for 24% of ‘Reasons for Failure’ and manure use, and the Water Industry, primarily via contributing to failures in 44% of waterbodies. [...] The drought of The movement of water, overland and through the 2022 saw nature and farming suffer, whilst single-focus soil, causes the leaching and runoff of farm pollutants. [...] And they could see the recovery of our wetlands, lakes, and rivers, the valleys and floodplains in which they sit, and the estuaries and coasts downstream.