Severn Trent Water reopens environmental scheme for farmers – STEPS – £21 million Severn Trent Water is reopening its environmental scheme for farmers in the Midlands, offering them another opportunity to apply for a grant to help them to protect local watercourses from pollution. The STW catchment team is launching two new farmer support schemes as […]
Four reactions to EFRA Committee report Bob Earll The scale of the events: In the face of three major winter storm – flood events in 2012, 2013-14 and 2015-16 – billion pound storms – MPs clearly felt the need to speak out. These events are becoming almost normal and they are characterised not by just […]
EU funding secured for partnership initiative to increase flood resilience The National Flood Forum, in partnership with the Rivers Trust, have secured funding to work together to reduce flood risk in parts of the UK. The aim is to understand and reduce residual flood risk through a combination of measures. In the case of the […]
The DTC Spring/Summer 2016 Newsletter which comprises short articles on the following topics: The Eden DTC in December 2015 – The wettest month on record and a sign of things to come? Winter floods in the Eden: Action Planning A bad winter for run-off and erosion Putting a value on soil loss Soil erosion and landslides in […]
Catchment partnership guide ‘As part of the WaterLIFE project (waterlife.org.uk) we have produced a how to guide which collates some of the lessons and experiences we’ve had over the past two years working in three catchments across England and Wales. The guide includes the essential steps to getting a partnership started and making it successful. […]
A pioneering new trial for permits at sewage treatment works has been agreed with the Environment Agency and Wessex Water. The Bristol Avon catchment-wide permitting trial has been officially signed off, prompted by the need to reduce levels of phosphorus being discharged from sewage works into the River Avon to meet the requirements of the […]
It is the first time that a systematic and comprehensive assessment of burned and unburned catchments has been carried out. Our research has increased understanding of the effects of prescribed vegetation burning on blanket peatland hydrology, chemistry and physical properties, and on the hydrology, water quality and biota of rivers in upland peat-dominated catchments. The […]