29 Jul 2020
The Environment Agency has launched a new consultation on the draft Water Resources Planning Guideline it has prepared for the water companies to use in drawing up their Water Resource Management Plans(WRMPs). The last version of the water resources planning guideline was an update in 2017 – since that update the Agency has significantly revised […]
29 Jul 2020
This blog by Alan Woods has also coincided with the announcement by Thames Water to reduce abstraction to help protect the River Wye near High Wycombe Call for Defra to develop a Chalk Streams Strategy Alan Wood writes ‘The Cam Valley Forum’s Let it Flow! report highlights the damage suffered by Cambridgeshire Chalk streams […]
29 Jul 2020
The Rivers Trust and partners launched the new Catchment Monitoring Cooperative Consultation Hub which we hope will create a radical step-change in the contribution of citizen science and community monitoring. We would really appreciate your input on the below consultation, which will be open until the end of August 2020 We are a cooperative by […]
29 Jul 2020
World Fish Migration Foundation ‘Populations of migratory river fish around the world have plunged by a “catastrophic” 76% since 1970, an analysis has found. The fall was even greater in Europe at 93%, and for some groups of fish, with sturgeon and eel populations both down by more than 90%. Species such as salmon, trout and giant […]
22 Jul 2020
Read the full Coalition report here. Summary All life depends entirely on water. Yet, reflecting broader climate and ecological crises, the current state of England’s water environment is poor and declining. We go from floods to drought without a long-term strategic plan to adapt to and manage new climatic extremes – urgent action is needed. […]
22 Jul 2020
From the Guardian Campaigners seeking to make a river in Yorkshire the UK’s first to be designated a bathing area have accused environment ministers of blocking their application. In the spa town of Ilkley, river users and residents submitted a 65-page application to turn part of the River Wharfe in the town into a bathing […]
22 Jul 2020
From Executive Summary Infrastructure projects can, and should, deliver many more benefits for individuals, communities and local economies. Infrastructure’s purpose is to meet fundamental societal needs; such as roads, public transport, low carbon energy supply, clean water and flood protection. The societal benefits that infrastructure projects can generate are not, however, limited to delivering this basic […]
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