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The Rivers Trust
@theriverstrust
Rivers shape our land­scapes and pro­vide the foun­da­tions of our cities, towns and coun­try­side. When they thrive, so do we 👊
Sep 26, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
🧵We need a better process of quality assurance from water companies & a stronger audit from the EA.

Detailed data comparing timings of spills with flow-to-full treatment & rainfall highlights CSOs that are highly likely to be spilling illegally. However, we can’t be sure of this because there are still so many mistakes and gaps in the data being used to draw those conclusions.
Sep 26, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
We are joining @RSPBEngland and other ENGOs in expressing our utter dismay at recent government announcements.

🧵 Thread 👇 To recap, the Government is considering:

🚜 Abandoning its Environmental Land Management (Elms) scheme for agriculture
❌ Abolishing environmental regulations
🏗️ Allowing unfettered development in investment zones

More detail 👇
Aug 26, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
🚨News klaxon 🚨

This afternoon, Defra published its Storm Overflows Reduction Plan. This plan is supposed to be a major step towards eliminating sewage pollution from our rivers, but we think it's still too little, too late.

theriverstrust.org/about-us/news/… We're appalled to see that the plan has not taken into account the 1000s of responses to the consultation which called for much more ambitious targets. Far from revolutionising the sewer system...