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British rivers ‘healthiest for 20 years’
"Britain's rivers are the healthiest for over 20 years and otters, salmon and other wildlife are returning for the first time since the industrial revolution."
- Ian Barker, Head of Land and Water at the Environment Agency
The renaissance of Britain's rivers was underlined on Tuesday when waterways once considered polluted to death were revealed as teeming with life.
Among the list of the 10 most improved rivers published by the Environment Agency were the River Wandle, a tributary of the Thames which runs through southwest London.
It was declared a sewer in the 1960s but is now one of the best urban fisheries in the country.