What is the cleanest river in UK?

The Thames is considered to be the cleanest river in the world that flows through a major city. The Thames is home to 125 species of fish and more than 400 invertebrates.



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The Thames is actually one of the cleanest rivers in the world with sharks living in it - here's why it looks so brown and dirty.

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For the cleanest water in Europe: The Lobau River, Austria Just east of Vienna, the Lobau River runs through the Donau-Auen National Park.

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The Thames is considered to be the cleanest river in the world that flows through a major city. The Thames is home to 125 species of fish and more than 400 invertebrates. This is in spite of the fact that raw sewage is routinely pumped into the river during heavy rains.

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Best UK regions for tap water Scotland. South West (Bristol) Yorkshire and the Humber (Leeds) Northern Ireland (Belfast)

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Blue Lake, New Zealand A 2011 study by the Auckland-based National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research found some of the clearest waters on record in the small Blue Lake, part of Nelson Lakes National Park in New Zealand's Southern Alps, accessible from the village of Saint Arnaud.

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In a people-powered study of pollutant levels in UK freshwater sites, the River Dart was the only one, out of 48, to pass all five parameters. The river runs 75km from Dartmoor and into the sea at Dartmouth.

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Almost all of the UK's waterways are now considered too polluted to swim in. A 2022 House of Commons Committee report on the state of UK rivers concluded that no river in England was free from chemical contamination. Only 14 per cent of English rivers, it added, had a 'good' ecological status.

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And the latest figures are alarming: only 14% of England's rivers are classified as being of 'good' ecological status, according to a government report published in January 2022.

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2nd Cleanest Rivers In The World – The Tara River (Europe) The explosion of its biodiversity is too dense that it is even said to harbour primaeval species! With its teeming flora and fauna, River Tara of Durmitor National Park is considered as one of the cleanest rivers in the world.

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