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Pollution from outfalls

The River Roding has many outfalls and sometimes these pollute the river. We regularly report ones we see and so can you. Some seem to be a misconnection, grey water/excessive foam/solids (including paper/wipes) are all signs. You can report incidents like this, on any of our waterways immediately to the Environment Agency incident hotline: 0800 80 70 60 (24-hour service). If you do not know the location, use the closest postcode you can think of/can get on your phone, then you and the operator can track the location from there or use the app what3words (https://what3words.com/).

Call the Environment Agency incident hotline to report:

• Damage or danger to the natural environment
• Pollution to water or land
• Poaching or illegal fishing
• Dead fish or fish gasping for air
• Main rivers blocked by a vehicle or fallen tree causing risk of flooding
• Flooding from any river, stream, canal, natural spring or the sea
• Illegal removals from watercourses
• Unusual changes in river flow
• Collapsed or badly damaged river or canal banks

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