13 Oct 2022
The UK’s first-ever Autumn Water Watch has been launched to help assess the health and quality of the nation’s freshwater environments. Running from Friday 14 October until Sunday 16 October, the Autumn Water Watch calls on people up and down the UK to spend just 15 minutes observing their local waters in the form of a […]
13 Oct 2022
The Wildlife Trusts are concerned to learn that regulation changes could see more manure being spread on our land due to a 3 month delay on a crucial piece of legislation. The Wildlife Trusts said that ‘We already know that agriculture pollution is more significant in the pollution of our rivers than sewerage. The Water Resources […]
13 Oct 2022
Anglian Water begins work to support the creation of the first official inland swimming hotspots in the East of England Water company pledges water quality monitoring support and funding to assist rivers groups Forms critical first steps of a commitment to ensuring 90% the region’s population live within 1-hour of an inland bathing location by […]
06 Oct 2022
The Environment Agency has released a report on salmonid and fisheries statistics for 2021. The report covers England and Wales and provides a summary of the declared catches of salmon, sea trout, eels, smelt and lamprey by rods, nets and other fishing instruments for 2021. It covers England, Wales and the Border Esk in Scotland. […]
29 Sep 2022
Thames21 launches new Five Year Plan with call for more collaborative action to get rivers ‘climate-ready’ for impacts of floods and droughts. The environmental charity has announced plans to ramp up its efforts to work with communities and river stakeholders to help develop nature-based solutions to be better prepared to tackle the growing impacts […]
29 Sep 2022
Severn Trent is trialling the use of ozone disinfectant to create bathing rivers in the UK in a move that could help revolutionise the future of wastewater treatment. In what is believed to be a UK first, ozone treatment will be used to improve the health of rivers in Warwickshire and Shropshire. An extract from the […]
29 Sep 2022
The Environment Agency (EA) has been accused of allowing water firms to pollute England’s rivers, the BBC has reported. Whistleblowers said it ignored its duties and failed to stop firms pouring raw sewage into the country’s rivers. The claims feature in the film “SEVERN: the poisoning of Britain’s Amazon”. However, the EA said […]
29 Sep 2022
The BBC reported that the Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey has made a surprise appearance at the Labour Party conference to make a speech on water pollution. The environmental campaigner and Teenage Kicks singer says water companies are “profiteering” while every river in England is polluted, often by the industry itself. The rock band singer highlights […]
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