The following amendments have been made to the website today: Catchment Based Approach - links to appropriate websites Fishing - page amended. Thanks to Alan Deeming for his contribution Links and Information - page uploaded Lukely Brook - WFD information added Medina - WFD information added Pond Wardens - New photo added. Thanks to Ray Harrington-Vail Riverfest - Link to website Sustainable Drainage Systems - links to appropriate websites … [Read more...]

The Angling Trust, Fish Legal and WWF-UK are in the High Court today fighting a judicial review of the government’s failure to stop agricultural pollution degrading 44 rivers, lakes and estuaries which are specially protected areas in England.They believe that the government was required by the EU’s Water Framework Directive to stop this ongoing pollution in these sites by 2015. They haven’t done this and so we’re taking them to court. As a result of our pressure, the government is holding a … [Read more...]

The water environment is affected by every activity that takes place on land as well as through our actions in abstracting, using and returning water to rivers, the sea and the ground. Catchments are the natural scale to consider this aspect of the environment. This is particularly important when trying to address the significant pressures placed on the water environment by diffuse pollution from both agricultural and urban sources, and widespread, historical alterations to the natural form of … [Read more...]