Synopsis
As concerns rise over Britain's water supply, Simon Boazman investigates whether the water industry and its regulators are doing enough to protect the nation's rivers.
- Programme: Panorama
- Episode: Drinking Our Rivers Dry?
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2011
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