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Seabird
28-Sep-04, 19:27
Any one know why the Thurso river from time to time looks like someones bathed in it and used an entire bottle of body wash ?
Or is this due to the sewage treatment works ?

Naefearjustbeer
29-Sep-04, 00:20
Most likely a mixture of different pollutants and run off from fields and drains

Mr P Cannop
29-Sep-04, 05:50
i seen that from the foot bridge in Thurso

daviddd
29-Sep-04, 21:35
Most rivers, even the unpolluted ones, foam up regularly due to natural chemicals in the water. I've often seen it in the River Thurso. The water is regularly tested by SEPA...