A GROUNDBREAKING water clean-up campaign has got underway to return the water at Croome Landscape Park to how it was in the 18th Century.
The National Trust has launched the project to improve water quality at Croome lake and river as part of a 10-year programme to restore the park back to the vision of its original commissioner, Lancelot Brown.
Property Manager Jamie Whitehouse said the state of the water, currently suffering from modern day motorway and agricultural pollution, will be improved considerably.
"Measures need to be taken to clean water before it enters the lake and river," he said.
"We will achieve this by creating three wetland areas, which will function both as wildlife habitats and purification mechanisms."
The project means the lake and river will be dredged imminently and the sediment removed to be examined for archaeological purposes.
The stone lining will be examined and repaired before the lake and river are allowed to refill over autumn and winter through the new, cleaner drainage system.
The public will be able to follow restoration developments during their visit to Croome Park, open every day, except Tuesdays and Wednesdays, until December 21.
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