Temperate Rain Forest Receives Helping Hand
A TEMPERATE rain forest within the Luxulyan Valley, near St Austell, has received a helping hand from our river operations team. As part of Defra’s G7 Legacy Project for Nature Recovery (LPNR), we scoped and delivered habitat restoration work along the Bokiddick...
WaterFit with South West Water
WaterFit The region's water company, South West Water (SWW) has launched its new interactive water quality map, WaterFit Live, ahead of this year's bathing season. Developed through the company's £330m investment programme WaterFit, this map will help people find out...
Phosphate trading scheme launches in Camel catchment
We are supporting Cornwall Council's call for landowners in the Camel catchment to help offset new housing development phosphate levels. The council’s phosphate trading scheme will address the levels of phosphates in the Camel Special Area of Conservation (SAC), which...
Volunteers gain national recognition for river restoration
We are so excited to share the news that three of our Devon-based volunteers have been recognised for their freshwater habitat conservation efforts in a national nomination scheme. Well done all. Vicky Whitworth, Mike Kent and Hannah Pearson, who are part of our...
First ‘Water for Woodland’ Trees Planted in the Westcountry
Our Woodlands for Water (W4W) team have good reason to celebrate since completing their first planting site in the Westcountry. The ambitions of the W4W project are to restore and protect ‘lost’ wetland and riparian habitat, as a means of improving river health. In...
More than £18,500 saved through Soil Mineral Nitrogen tests
OUR Soil Mineral Nitrogen (SMN) project in Devon's Otter catchment has helped farmers save thousands of pounds while supporting river health. The scheme falls under the Upstream Thinking 3 (UST3) programme, funded by South West Water (SWW), which works with farming...