River Action UK is considering appealing the judgment handed down after a two-day hearing in February.
A judicial review has been rejected after a legal challenge against the UK government over a river's chicken poo pollution. Environmental charity River Action UK took the government's Environment Agency to court over its alleged failure to enforce regulations to protect the River Wye from pollution. The river is around 150 miles long and mainly flows along the border between England and Wales.
'River Action is simply not prepared to sit back and continue to watch these injustices to our rivers continue. Accordingly, we are taking immediate advice with regards to appealing the judgment.' High Court hearing A hearing was held at the High Court in Cardiff in February over two days.
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