0% good overall health
of all rivers in England and Northern Ireland are classed as 'good overall'.
You can now view the 2023 annual summary data for sewage spills in England and Wales. Explore the map and find out exactly where sewage is released into our waterways.
Healthy rivers are essential to human life, they provide us with drinking water, they water our crops, they are home to important species of wildlife, they provide recreational spaces for our health and wellbeing.
of all rivers in England and Northern Ireland are classed as 'good overall'.
of British rivers have artificial barriers obstructing migrating fish
decline in freshwater species globally since 1970
of the earth's surface is made up of freshwater ecosystems, yet they provide habitat for 100,000+ species