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Dirty Business

Dirty Business

Our CEO Dr Laurence Couldrick shares his thoughts on the recent Channel 4 programme, Dirty Business If you haven’t watched it already, Channel 4’s mini-series docu-drama – Dirty Business is recommended. It highlights the chronic failures within our...
The CEO Blog 2

The CEO Blog 2

Our CEO Dr Laurence Couldrick speaks about how, with an impending general election in late 2024, our rivers continue to be in the spotlight and are forming part of the political battlefield field. On one hand this is good news as it raises the profile of these amazing...
High-profile coverage for river health

High-profile coverage for river health

This week is shaping up to be one of the most prominent of the year so far for high-profile river health media coverage. Investigating PFAs On Monday (19 Feb), the ENDS Report and Watershed Investigations teams shared film TOXIC looking at the impact of PFAs (often...
£10 billion ready to be invested to prevent sewage spills

£10 billion ready to be invested to prevent sewage spills

Water and sewage companies in England apologise for sewage spills and launch a transformation programme. Ruth Kelly, Chair of Water UK, a membership body representing the water industry, said: “The message from the water and sewage industry today is clear: we are...
Back at the bottom for region’s water company

Back at the bottom for region’s water company

Westcountry Rivers Trust statement in response to the Environment Agency’s Environmental Performance Assessment of the water industry. FOR almost 30 years, people at our charity have woken up, dressed, eaten breakfast and headed off to work to restore and...