Diverting streams and rivers to irrigate crops or provide drinking water may significantly extend the time microplastics spend in river catchments before they flow into our oceans, a new study reveals.

Source: https://www.onenewspage.com/n/World/1zpm5nsj1r/River-Diversions-May-Cause-Microplastics-To-Remain-Longer.htm

The River Nidd in North Yorkshire, one of the river catchments studied by Hammond, receives untreated sewage discharges from at least seven treatment works.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/27/30-water-treatment-works-11bn-litres-raw-sewage-a-year

What happens after those six months is dependent on adequate rainfall over the next couple of months to replenish the catchments.

Source: https://antiguaobserver.com/water-rationing-could-return-mid-2024/