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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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Crossing an ocean for our rivers: Jake’s Atlantic row

  • The Rivers Trust
At the end of next year, data scientist and rower Jake Still plans to embark on an almighty rowing challenge while fundraising to support the restoration of his beloved rivers back home.

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Resilient Glenderamackin: achieving nature-based solutions at catchment scale through innovative funding

  • Matthew Woodard
Celebrating The Rivers Trust partnership with West Cumbria Rivers Trust and Nature Finance on one of the country’s largest catchment-based projects, unlocking innovative funding through the pioneering platform Projects for Nature and Lloyds Banking Group.

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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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Bring on the river bathing waters!

  • Matthew Woodard
The Government has just published its list of proposed new bathing water sites for public consultation, and it includes a record-breaking number of river sites. Of the 27 popular swimming spots brought forward, a whopping 22 of them are inland and along rivers!

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How unhealthy are our rivers? Read the latest State of Our Rivers Report

  • Matthew Woodard
Discover just how our rivers are faring and the actions that we need to take in our updated State of Our Rivers Report.

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New funding for Rivers Trusts to protect communities from flooding

  • Rebecca Duncan
  • News
The Rivers Trust movement has been awarded a combined total of £5.6m from the Defra Natural Flood Management programme.

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Meet Scout: Our virtual Rivers Trust Ambassador

  • Emma Brisdion
  • Blog
Our newest ambassador is also our first virtual one. Scout is a children’s book character who is passionate about the environment and helps school-age kids to learn about the natural world, as well as how they can help improve or conserve it.

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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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World Wetlands Day 2024: Completion of Chamber Mead Wetlands

  • Matthew Woodard
This World Wetlands Day we are looking at South East Rivers Trust’s recently completed Chamber Mead Wetland project.

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