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Art of filtration clears the way for the drinking water of Leith
IT was once a stinking cesspit of a river beside which only the poorest people in the city were prepared to live.
Chemical leaks from factories and dumped rubbish made life beside the Water of Leith a particularly pungent and unpleasant experience in Victorian times.
And its bad image has proved frustratingly hard to shift, with many people to this day still thinking of it as a dirty river.
Now visitors are to be invited to drink water from the river in an effort to show how it has been transformed. for more click here
