UTV's Environmental Correspondent Brian Black reports from the shores of Lough Neagh. There he reveals that the body of water is now one of the most polluted freshwater lakes in Europe with over twenty years of deteriorating water quality. This is the result of the huge overuse of phosphate-enriched fertilisers by farmers running off into rivers and then into the lough. One expert tells Brian that even if the level of farming pollution stopped increasing it would take many years for the lough to recover.

Department of Agriculture scientist Professor Gibbs is interviewed about what can be done. Meanwhile, a spokeman for the Water Executive seems very reluctant to divulge whether the water from Lough Neagh is treated with higher levels of chlorine to make it safe for drinking than from other local sources.

Sadly, despite the alarm bells ringing in the 1990s, the quality of water in Lough Neagh has continued to deteriorate since and now threatens to become an enormous environmental disaster.