In a report concerning the state of the groundwater, environment protection director
Tricia Henton said: "Ground-water is very vulnerable to pollution and, while it takes just a few careless moments to pollute or contaminate, it can take decades or even centuries to recover."
That's why we need to do what we can to stop it from being polluted in the first place.
Problems with groundwater quality cost the UK water industry £754M between 1975 and 2004. Poor water quality has led to the closure of 146 groundwater sources over the past 30 years, leading to the loss of at least 425,000m3 of water a day - enough to supply nearly three million people.
The report, Underground, Under Threat - the State of Groundwater in England and Wales, is available at www.environment-agency.gov.uk.
WebMaster: We ahev posted this as leachate can, of course, pollute groundwater badly.
