He was a forceful ambassador for British Science and represented the subject of chemistry and its importance in providing a means for the fabrication of new materials and solving environmental problems, especially providing clean water across the globe.

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Brennand and Whitendale Focus Group's John Wells said the programme would help solve "environmental problems caused by unsustainable abstraction, protecting water levels and improving habitats".

BBC: River Brennand

The lack of progress has led a number of Baltic countries to consider technological interventions, or so-called "geoengineering" ideas (large-scale solutions to environmental problems), such as pumping oxygen into the water, and using chemicals to bind pollutants in sediments, in a bid to save the Baltic.

CNN: Can oxygen pump breathe life into ocean 'dead zone?'

Water Bills have risen sharply in the last few years, but that has not stopped people from realising that environmental problems need to be dealt with, even if it that means that bills have to go up even more.

BBC: Getting fat on water