There's a push by farmers for the River Nadder, Wiltshire, to get clean starting with monitoring.
Volunteers are needed to help a water quality project in an area of outstanding natural beauty which aims for a cleaner river., which is providing financial backing for the sampling., with help from the Wessex Rivers Trust, Rothamstead Research and the Wylye Valley Farmers Group.
Samples are taken to a laboratory where they are tested and compared with results from nearby fields, which can help pinpoint where there might be an issue.
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