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A filthy stream of murky water pours out of a pipe into a clear river

2023’s Sewage Deluge: New Data Highlights the Urgency of Our Fight For Better Rivers

  • Emma Brisdion
  • News
Today the Environment Agency released the storm overflow spill data from water companies in England for 2023, and Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water have released the same for Wales. The headlines paint a devastating picture of rivers increasingly battered by sewage. 

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The Rivers Trust partner with British Rowing

  • Emma Brisdion
  • News
The Rivers Trust are in Henley-on-Thames to announce the launch of the Rowing Clean Water Partnership, with British Rowing, River Action and Aquascope, dedicated to cleaning up rivers in Britain.

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A camera is positioned at the surface of the water, with half the image showing green river plants and the other a blue sky

Chemicals in rivers; England’s aquatic life threatened by a cocktail of hazardous substances

  • The Rivers Trust
  • Blog
Research shows that the chemical mixtures in our rivers exacerbate the harmful effects of the individual hazardous substances, so the actual risks to our aquatic environments could be underestimated.

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Annual conference on river buffers: call for submissions

  • Rebecca Duncan
Share your experience of river buffer zones at our online annual conference.

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A dead fish lies on a dark riverbank

Forever Chemicals: PFAS Contamination of Freshwater Fish

  • The Rivers Trust
  • News
Our recent analysis of government data shows the alarming persistence of ​‘forever’ chemicals in our rivers, present in fish populations at levels on average more than 300x the safe limits.

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Rowers and rivers; Imogen Grant gives an athlete’s perspective on freshwater health

  • The Rivers Trust
  • Blog
The Rivers Trust Ambassador, GB rower and Olympian Imogen Grant, shares her take on why sportspeople care about our rivers.

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Flea-mergency: Pet treatments taking a bite out of the health of England’s rivers

  • Matthew Woodard
  • Blog
The delicate balance of life in our rivers is under threat, and it’s not just due to pollution from factories, sewage or agriculture. Surprisingly, one of the culprits is our beloved pets.

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Nutrient Neutrality and the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill amendments – what’s it all about?

  • Rebecca Duncan
Director of Communications & Advocacy Tessa Wardley reflects on changes to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill ahead of debates in parliament this week.

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Press statement: response to relaxation of nutrient neutrality laws

  • Rebecca Duncan
A statement from The Rivers Trust

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An innovation that is really making the world a worse place: why The Rivers Trust is supporting a ban on single-use vapes in Ireland

  • Matthew Woodard
In a radio interview last October, Irish Minister of State Ossian Smyth was clear that single-use disposable vapes need to ​“be banned completely” because, as he has pointed out, they are an ​“example of an innovation that is really making the world a worse place

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