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to improve the main rivers by the control of pollution
discharges as well as such remedial measures as desilting,
refuse clearance and improvements to the flow. The
draft Water Pollution Control (General) Regulations,
which were recently gazetted for public information and
comment, are intended to enable industrial pollution to
be contained in the short term and indeed, improved in
the longer term. Separate measures are also being
developed to deal with the problems of agricultural and
toxic industrial wastes. It is intended that these
legislative measures, together with the extension of
the sewerage networks, should lead to a reduction of the
overall pollution load in the area.