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Flushing out our worst water polluter

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There’s a pollutant rapidly accumulating in our waterways and seabed — one that’s arguably more serious than even forestry slash but features far less in media reports. It’s sediment.

New Zealand is losing 192 million tonnes of soil each year due to erosion, the equivalent of more than seven million dump-truck loads, the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) says.

As a result, New Zealand c...


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