Friends of the Rib & Quin
@FriendsRib
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A community group focused on protecting and improving the River Rib and the River Quin - chalkstreams in North-east Hertfordshire under threat
Hertfordshire
Joined July 2019
The Society is objecting to the application to demolish the Victorian Water Tower at Northgate Bury St Edmunds Railway station. Objections are urgently needed: https://t.co/CHdW4xKYv6
#heritage #steamrailways 🧵
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Good to see @CHinchliffMP talking about dry rivers as well as pollution - @AffinityWater abstraction has destroyed the chalkstreams of NE Herts, taking 40% of recharge in our catchment alone. The irony is that they would be dry for most of their length without STW discharges
The chalk streams in North East Hertfordshire and across England are of international significance, but too often these waterways are not just polluted but also often running dry. 2/3 @ivel_rev @RiverBeane @FriendsRib @camvalleyforum @CamConservancy
#NEHerts #ChalkStreams
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BOOK NOW! Clean water is in ever shorter supply. Hear what @TimSmedley concludes from his investigations in the UK and around the world. Thurs 23rd May via Zoom, book your place at: https://t.co/xMuT1KK9FO
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7pm, Thursday 23rd May 2024 The Last Drop – solving the world’s water crisis: Tim Smedley Register for FREE via this link: https://t.co/gApLqMNPQY
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The Nightingales of Middlewick, Birch Brook and Weir Lane! A RECORD COUNT of 37 singing Nightingales. This staggering Nightingale count rivals/exceeds Fingringhoe Wick - in fact these two populations will be intimately connected, they are only 3km apart as the Nightingale flies.
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Make a date with @TimSmedley to hear how he followed the story of water scarcity around the globe and the conclusions he came to. Thurs 23rd May via Zoom, book your place at: https://t.co/H1peN1NLeY
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Have to say @PrivateEyeNews is absolutely on fire this week. 👏👏👏
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"A development company that sells off land no longer needed by Thames Water has paid out a £14m dividend despite warnings". Yep despite now demanding bill payers bailout the failing WC @thameswater and or their owners are still trying to pickpocket you. https://t.co/Guyg4NFUh1
theguardian.com
Kennet Properties sells off Thames Water land, whose owner, Kemble Water, has warned it would not be able to pay a £190m loan
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It’s not the rain, it’s not the Victorians. Shocking exposé by @WATERSHED_i reveals water companies blatantly and deliberately maladjust control system to dump sewage into the environment. FFS! 🤬 https://t.co/ATTcJyDgJf
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Whistleblowers point to broader sewage scandal, with wastewater systems manipulated to divert sewage
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@RachSalv It's worse than that - the illegal activity upon which water company profitability has been founded for many years is the result of decisions made by senior executives who have been protected from investigation and prosecution by regulators that were either inept or complicit.
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Who is paying the lawyers to defend the big money interests behind the Thames Water Scam? Wouldn't be the billpayers would it? Can we have some transparency @Ofwat please? https://t.co/zhzkyA4isV
telegraph.co.uk
Utility provider’s creditors are facing a wave of uncertainty over the supplier’s future
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I’m a fan of the Guardian’s coverage & some good detail here but the suggestion that reporting on the permit compliance scandal is in some way ‘exclusive’ is a stretch! Panorama first reported on this with @watervole3 & @WindrushWasp early 2021 & many have since - including…
‘Dirty secret’: insiders say UK water firms knowingly break sewage laws
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Samples processed by @BangorUni wastewater research, breakdown on insta @christiandunn @teresamayMP @joymorrissey @guardian @Feargal_Sharkey @theriverstrust @RiverActionUK @bucksfreepress @MaidenheadAds
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Downstream of the Harefield Sewage Treatment works on the river Colne Hertfordshire. Yesterday, literally smothered in sewage fungus. What an absolute disgrace @AffinityWater
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Discover how to protect your local river. Maya Pardo offers numerous tips, insights and examples useful to communities, activists, paralegals and legal clinics who want to use the law to protect river habitats. Wed 17th April via Zoom. To book, visit https://t.co/H1peN1NLeY
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*Launching!* Search for our Chalk Stream Poet Laureate. Open to all, young and old.🎖️to be won,closing date 31st May.More details at https://t.co/O5PFdf28b7
@IvelRev @friendlyevalley @FriendsRib @LetcombeBP @WindrushWasp @watervole3 @PJennings88 @FreshwaterIzzy @SE_Rivers_Trust
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That's right YOU! The water companies and other business are filling our rivers and seas with chemicals and microplastics as the law DOESN'T require them to filter them out! Help change the law? Parliament petition expires July 16th: https://t.co/nw165gVY6l 💙🌍🐳🧠🌊🐟💙
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"What next for Thames Water?" For a clinical appraisal of all the options and none of them are good for @thameswater see 👇 by @gillplimmer1 @PickardJE and @BondHack 👋👋👋 https://t.co/eKOs3xcjYz
ft.com
UK’s biggest water utility, the government and Ofwat are at an impasse over its finances
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On this #WorldWaterDay, we want to put the spotlight on the local communities and river activists. It is their incredible work that gives us the vital stories, data and evidence needed to pressure Govt and industry to #RescueBritainsrivers 🌊 Thank you 💙🩵 #RiverChampions
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@southernwater killing our @rivertest by sewage. ongoing 22 days! In one 5 min kick sample river keepers found a bucket full of dead Bullhead, a protected species under both SSSI and SAC. Where r u @EnvAgency and @NaturalEngland stop the pollution now! https://t.co/mfGKWdvzmT
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