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Part of The Water Keepers series, uncover how invisible plastics travel through clothes, cosmetics, and oceans, and what you can do about it.
In Britain’s wealthiest urban postcodes, water poverty is no longer hidden on the margins. Behind the glass towers and regeneration schemes, ageing pipes and unequal investment are leaving thousands without safe, affordable water.
Ilkley’s River Wharfe was once a symbol of citizen-led environmental progress, the first inland river in England to gain designated bathing-water status. A recent sewage spill has tested not only the river’s resilience but public trust in the system meant to protect it.
Across continents, the world’s thirst for freshwater is testing borders, alliances, and the limits of diplomacy. Water is no longer a quiet environmental concern; it is the defining geopolitical resource of the twenty-first century.
In the green fields of British agriculture, irrigation keeps crops alive but not always the people who pick them. Migrant workers face inadequate access to water, sanitation and dignity while powering the nation’s harvest.
