United Utilities has fiercely denied dumping untreated sewage into part of the River Tame this week after a video circulated on social media.
Concerns were sparked when Professor Jamie Woodward, a professor of physical geography at the University of Manchester, shared a video online of the river flowing through Dukinfield, Tameside.
The academic claimed that the video showed a 'release of turbid brown untreated wastewater' into the river during 'low flows' and dry weather, adding: "This is why the Tame is so heavily contaminated with microplastics." READ MORE: Pervert GMP worker spared jail after being rumbled by undercover cops Prof Woodward previously co-wrote an academic paper about microplastics found in the River Tame.
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