Innovative River Test for Unseen Health Risks
Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT), South Devon citizen science groups and Brixham-based company Molendotech are trialling a new technology to quickly test for microbiological contamination in rivers. With more people accessing their rivers for recreation and wellbeing,...
The CEO Blog
As data indicates the doubling in hours in 2023 compared to 2022 of spills from Combined Sewage Overflows in England and Wales, in our CEO Dr Laurence Couldrick’s new blog he considers the challenges in choosing battles wisely at the Trust to achieve the best...
New Natural Flood Management for Mevagissey
FARMERS in the Mevagissey catchment will help Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) bolster flood resilience in the area. The Climate Resilient Mevagissey (CRM) project, funded by Defra’s Natural Flood Management programme, will be led by the trust in partnership with the...
MP visits River Inny following pollution concerns
In November 2023, we took part in a BBC interview regarding pollution of the River Inny. Our CEO Dr Laurence Couldrick spoke about the issues facing this river, the wider catchment and freshwater environments. “The scale of water quality and wider water-related...