Andrew Muir: ...enter the water. There is a critical need for regular and wide-ranging water-quality testing across North Down and beyond. A person told me recently that: "We can all tell when we are swimming in sewage, but usually not until we are in the water and we can see or smell the film on the water. It is much more difficult in darkness. Then we need to rush home and wash it off. It is really not...
Andrew Muir: ...local people, who went out of their way to clear water. They could easily have sat back and not offered assistance. There were terrible scenes. As Roy Beggs outlined, often the floodwater contains sewage, and the clean-up has a long-term impact on properties. I remember that, in the aftermath, there was talk of a once-in-a-generation event and of how a forthcoming flood alleviation scheme...