24 Apr 2025
Two new Bills, introduced as Private Members Bills, both with potentially significant impacts for water companies, are due to have their Second readings in Parliament on Friday 25 April 2025. Water Briefing reported that the Chalk Streams (Protection) Bill had its First reading in Parliament on 21 October 2024. The Bill addresses the creation of a […]
07 Aug 2024
The Environment Agency and Norfolk Rivers Trust have worked together on a project along a section of the River Glaven in North Norfolk. The River Glaven is a chalk stream, that flows through North Norfolk into the North Sea, and its surrounding floodplain habitat. Chalk streams are a rare global habitat, with only 200 worldwide, […]
31 May 2023
Chalk streams are a rare and valuable habitat, often referred to as the equivalent of England’s rainforests. Since 2020 the Environment Agency has been working in partnership with Norfolk Rivers Trust to improve an internationally important chalk stream, the River Wensum. Works taking place in Foulsham and Pudding Norton on 2 tributaries of the river […]
29 Mar 2023
The River Yare, a rare chalk stream, has had a range of improvements to benefit wildlife and improve water quality. Woody debris from trees was stacked along the riverbank to create ‘brash berms’. This technique will help to narrow the river and get it to a more natural state, after it was historically altered to […]
19 Oct 2021
The CaBA Chalk Stream Restoration Group has launched its first Chalk Stream Strategy – which calls for chalk streams in England to be given enhanced environmental status. Why do we need a chalk-stream restoration strategy? Chalk streams are among the most biodiverse of the UK’s rivers. Nearly all the world’s chalk streams are in England and they […]
25 May 2021
The Chalk Stream Restoration Group has been working on a draft Chalk Stream Restoration Strategy, which is now available here for wider consultation. The Rivers Trust would welcome your comments on this draft strategy which they hope to be able to finalise in the summer. To comment on the draft, please complete the survey below. Please […]
15 Sep 2020
From Defra The chief executives of fifteen water companies met today (8 September) with Environment Minister Rebecca Pow, who challenged them to do more to protect the environment and safeguard our water supplies. Representatives from Ofwat, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Water UK, The Consumer Council for Water (CCWater) and the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) […]