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Save Our Shore Leith: Two years of advocating for a clean Water of Leith

Publication Date
9 January 2024
Type
  • Lived experience
Topic
  • Waste
  • Water
Synopsis

For over two years, community action group Save Our Shore Leith (SOSLeith) has been fighting against the longstanding sewage pollution in the Water of Leith discharged from Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs). Jim Jarvie writes about how they have been met with repeated dismissals and a lack of accountability from SEPA, ESS, and Scottish Water.

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