As campaigners demand a radical shake-up in #environment law, we wonder if the introduction of prison sentences for those committing ecocide, or acts causing serious damage to ecosystems, would change the behaviour of firms like @anglianwater inews.co.uk/news/ecocide-l…
#EarthDay

The upper reaches of the #GaywoodRiver not far from its spring sources in #Grimston . You can see the results of years of dredging. But look how the Fool’s Watercress and other riparian plants, when left, begin to create natural meanders that speed up the flow. #chalkstream

He’s not wrong. 👀👀👇

Disgusting.

One for you Jeremy Vine. A tale of greed, a lack of any meaningful plan and a complete disregard for residents and nature. #news

As Anglian Water demonstrates its ability to kick the can to 2035, residents and Gaywood River Revival defenders wonder just how long it takes to come up with a plan to a problem that has already been ongoing for more than a decade? itv.com/news/anglia/20…
Feargal Sharkey The Times and The Sunday Times

This morning we were up with the larks before work removing paint tins and rubbish that had been chucked into part of the chalk stream network by some idiots. Remember, they walk among us. ☹️

Thanks to Russell ChalkStreamsInCrisis 🍃💚🍃 for his help with this.
#chalkstreams #rivers #pollution

Norfolk woman, 87, using CAT LITTER amid sewage woes. Angry locals and Gaywood River Revival point to a Anglian Water failure “in proper long-term investment to keep up with local development and upgrades to infrastructure.' edp24.co.uk/news/24249760.…
#sewagescandal #thrivingeast

FFS 🤬what sort of filthy scum would do this🤔this dyke is actually a rare Chalk Stream & full of Starwort Gaywood River Revival EnvAgencyAnglia I hope they can be traced through what’s in the bin bags WestNorfolkBC Clean Up Britain

The reason why The_WMA pulls out the Fools Watercress is they believe in Autumn it will float downstream & blockages=flooding🧐Phosphate from Anglian Water STW encourages its growth🧐sample from above & below Grimston STW💩Phosphate stripper🙏or wetland treatment Gaywood River Revival

When “Norfolk’s Forgotten Chalk Stream” The Gaywood River is protected & the habitual polluters prosecuted EnvAgencyAnglia ? It must be reconnected to its Bawsey floodplain & not used merely as a drain The_WMA Gaywood River Revival Natural England Norfolk & Suffolk 30+Trout in the Babingley 😍

Today, we carried out our regular inspections and testing on the Gaywood in its upper reaches. It’s really pleasing that The_WMA left far more of the Fool’s Watercress instream last year and we are seeing the benefits of that now. Norfolk Rivers Trust EnvAgencyAnglia Russell ChalkStreamsInCrisis 🍃💚🍃

Since 2012 Anglian Water has paid £4.769bn in dividends yet here is a 87 year old woman telling to a pubic meeting she has to use cat litter because of the dysfunctional sewage system

A plague of locusts on all of your houses Peter Simpson Robin Price

lynnnews.co.uk/news/87-year-o…

It isn't, but we're sure it will be part of their 2035 strategy...
#kickingthecan

87-year-old woman resorts to using cat litter because Grimston sewage issues mean her toilet won’t flush, public meeting hears. Villagers left questioning, if
Anglian Water can’t do its job properly what are we paying them for? lynnnews.co.uk/news/87-year-o…
Feargal Sharkey ITV News Anglia

Grimston Parish Council to host meeting as residents ‘demand answers’ about sewage in chalk stream river: lynnnews.co.uk/news/residents…

🤔2023 & it’s 1651 hours or 68 days from the Grimston STW 💩but at this pump site it’s not monitored

This is an excellent read. Will be buying! #books #nature

Terrible. What will it actually take for those in power to do their jobs? Dead rivers and others that have run dry through over abstraction? The clock is ticking. #sewagescandal

With figures from Environment Agency revealing Anglian Water dumped #sewage into the Gaywood River for more than 1,600 hours last year, please take a look at these films which tell the story of this #chalkstream and the problems it faces: youtube.com/watch?v=RrEqQ-…
Feargal Sharkey