£7.1m win to bolster citizen science
Our national body The Rivers Trust has won a share of £36m for cutting-edge water sector innovation. Part of a collaborative proposal called CaSTCo (Catchment Systems Thinking Cooperative), they won £7.1m from Ofwat’s first Water Breakthrough Challenge. This aim is to...
Responsibility for our rivers – it’s in all our hands
This week, ITV Westcountry News shared a story about sewage issues in the River Sheppey and its catchment. The ITV article considered a recent change that could allow some temporary easing of the sewage discharge rules by the Environment Agency following a shortage of...
Treescapes for Riverscapes
Rivers and watercourses in Devon and Cornwall are part of plan to create thousands of hectares of new woodland in England to improve water quality and biodiversity. Forestry Minister Lord Goldsmith announced today (Saturday 25 September) the start of a new tree...