17 Feb 2022
Since publication of the SPS there has been a growing amount of commentary see below: Read the SPS here Angling Trust ‘Government Water Statement must overhaul ‘creaking and leaking’ sewage infrastructure The Government’s Strategic Policy Statement (SPS) for water, laid before Parliament today (February 2nd), urges water companies to do more to protect the environment. […]
10 Feb 2022
The Guardian Jan 29th Sandra Laville and Rachel Salvidge ‘It is desperate’: how Environment Agency staff were silenced as pollution worsened As public disgust at foul waterways in England grew, the body responsible for protecting them tried to stifle internal criticism The internal email dropped into staff inboxes at a time when public outrage about pollution in English […]
19 Jan 2022
Last week’s report from the Environmental Audit Committee was picked up by numerous sources, including the BBC and the Guardian. BBC leads on ‘’Chemical cocktail’ polluting English rivers’ Read more The Guardian Water companies in England should each designate a stretch of river as bathing water by 2025 to drive the clean-up of a chemical cocktail of […]
05 Jan 2022
“Our Rivers Our City” is a comprehensive re-assessment and appraisal of Manchester’s three main river valleys. This ten-year plan has been developed collaboratively, including work by Groundwork Trust to engage, involve, inform and survey those interested in the City’s River Valleys. Read more here and download the strategy.
05 Jan 2022
On Friday 31 December 2021, a 12ft long native crayfish sculpture commissioned by Northumberland Rivers Trust was unveiled at Northumberland Zoo to celebrate the start of its captive breeding programme. The programme aims to breed and release the native species into Northumberland’s rivers and lakes. It builds on work to boost native numbers and prevent […]
14 Dec 2021
Water UK’s recent report, 21st century rivers: ten actions for change, puts storm overflows in the context of the full range of reasons why rivers are falling short of good ecological health. It calls for a new cross sector National plan for rivers to systematically tackle them. 21st Century Rivers: From Recovery to Renewal Over much of the last 100 […]
09 Dec 2021
This post is by Daniel Johns, head of public affairs at Anglian Water The Green Alliance ‘I want to congratulate Philip Dunne MP and the Duke of Wellington, and all their supporters in parliament and far beyond, for making headline news of poor river health, and for securing significant changes to the Environment Act during […]
12 Oct 2021
Listen at BBC Sounds Campaigners say the state of Britain’s rivers is worsening. Over half of them polluted by sewage. There’s also a problem with agricultural run-off and chemicals. What can we do? According to campaigners, Britain has some of the dirtiest rivers in Europe. Sewage, slurry from farms and chemicals are all a problem, […]
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