Water rates in Northern Ireland suggested to help address wastewater crisis

The manager of the Lough Neagh Partnership made the recommendation amid a crisis caused by pollution, agricultural runoff and invasive species

The introduction of water rates in Northern Ireland could address crumbling wastewater infrastructure and the impact on waterways, it has been suggested.

It comes as the Stormont executive works to halt an environmental crisis at Lough Neagh, where noxious blooms of blue-green algae have covered the surface of the water across the past two summers.