Wye Catchment Conservators
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Preserving the Wye for our Children
Joined August 2021
RT @paullewismoney: Freed from the EU Water Framework Directive the Govt pushes back the date to clean up rivers and waterways in England b….
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RT @wrurestore: Oh you! @stwater CEO deserves every penny of her £3.5M renumeration. Chances are she has contributed to Gav’s party to keep….
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RT @revill_david: @Jockyfox @stwater @Feargal_Sharkey @DaveThroup @Wombourne_Dly @WombourneNature @ExpressandStar Gavin, you voted to legal….
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RT @WindrushWasp: Back in 2021 Prof Peter Hammond exposed extensive illegal pollution by privatised water companies. Our government came to….
theguardian.com
Paper says machine learning could prove crucial tool in efforts to improve quality of country’s rivers
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RT @GreenpeaceUK: 🚨 BREAKING: Thames Water has seen their first-half profits soar to half a BILLION pounds - but the company also saw a sur….
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RT @Feargal_Sharkey: "England and Wales’s broken water system can be fixed – here’s what to do first.". As @Dieter_Helm points out, it's no….
theguardian.com
The water companies and regulators must act, alongside changing consumer behaviour and tackling pollution at source, says Dieter Helm, former chair of the Natural Capital Committee
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River pollution: New phosphate rules hit thousands of planned new homes
bbc.co.uk
Scrapping some new builds in England and Wales due to poor water quality could cost economy £16bn.
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RT @DougskiK: This weekend there was a thick line of mussel shells across the length of the huge beach at Seaton Carew. (sorry no pic).Wher….
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RT @UnderwaterMedia: Halting the decline of natures by 2030 yet sod the rivers we will carry on discharging sewage into them for a further….
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RT @UnderwaterMedia: @Feargal_Sharkey literally nailed it. Absolutely superb superb speech by the no1 river campaigner. Certainly don't thi….
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RT @Feargal_Sharkey: Last Friday morning water companies could only dump sewage into the environment during "exceptional situations". What….
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RT @Feargal_Sharkey: Water firms have made off with £72bn of our money. @Ofwat confirms WCs have been paid all of the funding needed to f….
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It comes as new Government plans require water companies to invest £56billion over the next 25 years to increase network capacity, treat sewage and reduce leaks.
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RT @FishLegal_: Lack of enforcement of farming regulations is deregulation via the back door….
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Agricultural waste outstrips sewage as the main danger – and activists blame the ex-environment secretary’s cuts to farm inspections
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RT @watsonchas: The scandal of agri pollution.⬇️. “In the Wye valley, home to one of Europe’s largest concentrations of intensive livestock….
theguardian.com
Agricultural waste outstrips sewage as the main danger – and activists blame the ex-environment secretary’s cuts to farm inspections
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RT @RachSalv: Great read on the 2 men whose work can be credited with waking the EA and Ofwat from a deep sleep and forcing an investigatio….
theguardian.com
The long read: A tide of effluent, broken laws and ruthless cuts is devastating the nations’ waterways. An academic and a detective have dredged up the truth of how it was allowed to happen – but...
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RT @revill_david: @SaveTheWye @RiverActionUK @watsonchas Excellent work. These signs need to go up in Tesco metros across cities, where the….
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RT @SaveTheWye: #EnoughIsEnough .Tesco sources eggs and chickens from #Wye Valley - largest customer of egg producer Noble Foods & chicken….
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RT @markday331: This company thinks it is acceptable to leak ~88m litres of water a day. @SouthernWater are you surprised @FishLegal_ a….
theguardian.com
Fish populations in the Hampshire chalk stream would be harmed if EA gives drought permit, says Fish Legal
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RT @ChrisBaingerEA: With continued prolonged dry weather #fish in rivers can become isolated, stranded and ultimately die. If you see fish….
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