Edward McEwan receives his prize from Lord Chris Smith
A NORTH-East student has won a national pollution challenge.
Durham University scholar Edward McEwan devised a scheme to remove mine-water induced iron loading from the River Gaunless, in County Durham.
It won him the Environment Agency’s Pollution Challenge, which came with an undisclosed cash prize.
The awards were handed out at Manchester’s Lowry Hotel on Wednesday (April 24) by Environment Agency chairman Lord Chris Smith.
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