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Building community action and awareness around water in Ireland: Opportunities within the community sector

  • The Rivers Trust
The Rivers Trust board member, Bernie O’Hanrahan, shares his reflections, advice and recommendations for catchment groups in Ireland seeking funding and collaboration opportunities

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Win a copy of Rob Macfarlane’s Is A River Alive?

  • The Rivers Trust
  • Blog
Share your love for your local river to win a new paperback copy of Is A River Alive? and help us celebrate rivers this World Book Day.

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man in blue coat and blue hat stood on banks of river with a case open in front of him containing tubes and testing equipment

The first step towards solving a problem is to understand it

  • Matthew Woodard
Mark Lloyd, CEO of The Rivers Trust, discusses the importance of high-quality data and collaborative monitoring in improving river health and guiding investment decisions that can deliver real change.

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A bronze statue of a girl bent over, with water flowing from her mouth as if being sick, highlighting the issue of sewage in watercourses

Clean Water Now: Join The Rivers Trust and environment groups in demanding the Water Reform Bill protects and restores rivers

  • The Rivers Trust
This opportunity can’t be missed. Email your MP today: demand that the upcoming water law reflects the changes that our rivers deserve!

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Three sewage pipe ends are open to a river, their grates filled with wet wipes and rubbish

5 things the Sewage Map can tell you about pollution in your local river in 2026

  • The Rivers Trust
  • Blog
With 6 years’ worth of annual sewage data, plus live discharge updates, find out what The Rivers Trust’s interactive Sewage Map can tell you about pollution in your local river.

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Tackling chemical pollution of freshwater: The need for a strategic approach

  • The Rivers Trust
Dr Rob Collins, Director of Policy and Science and Chemicals Lead at The Rivers Trust, discusses the growing threat from PFAS, microplastics, pharmaceuticals and pesticides, and highlights the need for stronger control at source, better monitoring, closer EU alignment, and a national chemicals strategy to tackle pollution in our freshwater ecosystems.

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Launching our Annual Conference 2026: Grounded in Data

  • Rebecca Duncan
Connecting evidence and communities for smarter land and water management

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Making #SpaceForWater: What the parliamentary backbench debate achieved — and where we go next

  • The Rivers Trust
Tessa Wardley, Director of Communications and Advocacy at The Rivers Trust, shares her analysis of the key moment in the Making Space for Water campaign.

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[The Source Code] From satellites to high seas: How GPS is the surprising link between our work and Jake’s endurance race

  • Matthew Woodard
Jake Still took on the challenge of rowing solo across the Atlantic Ocean to raise money for the rivers he loves back home. But how is the GPS technology he used to navigate linked to the work of The Rivers Trust? Part of [The Source Code] series: regular tech and data insights from The Rivers Trust’s Heather Bell, celebrating the digital tools and teams powering environmental change. Sign up to our newsletter to get every piece delivered to your inbox.

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Government’s Water White Paper: Welcome signals, worrying gaps, and vital work still to do

  • The Rivers Trust
  • News
The long-awaited Water White paper contains some positive steps to reform water management, but without significant new government funding it will not be the radical, transformational change that we hoped for or that communities, our environment and the economy need.

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