Hot off the press, Stormwater Shepherds UK & CIWEM have published a report on pollution from highway runoff. Find out how polluting this runoff is & how the failure to apply the regulations is leaving rivers open to toxic pollution every time it rains. stormwatershepherds.org.uk/2024/05/08/bol…

Congratulations to the Society's team for a very credible runner-up spot in last weekend's Herts Bird Club competition. They amassed an impressive list of 83 bird species seen along the #RiverVer in two days.

The Expo is the perfect opportunity to engage with what local groups are doing to help drive the sustainability & ecological message

The Ver Valley Society are just one of those organisations attending and will be highlighting their ongoing project to preserve these rare habitats.

'River Ver pollution 'unacceptable' say Thames Water.'

Ver Valley Society was formed in 1976 to protect the river. Over abstraction of the Ver was first mention in parliament in 1987.

How many times of you think TW has said 'sorry' over the last 37 years?

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Late on 1st May next week the Thames Water 💧 operated Chesham and Markyate sewage treatment works will clock up 2500 hours of continuous sewage discharge. The dumping will be into the Chess and Ver chalk streams. What a way to celebrate May Day. ChilternChalkStreams Ver Valley Society

''Unacceptable', Thames Water admits.' Good on Flamstead Parish Council for calling out Thames Water 💧 for their record of 850+ hours of continuous sewage spills into the #RiverVer chalk stream this year. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

☠️Polluted rivers, 🪵lost woodlands, 🎣overfished seas…
UK Nature is struggling & it needs US to stand up for it.

📢 Let’s unite for nature in London on 22 June, sending a clear message to all politicians to #RestoreNatureNow

Find out more 👉 restorenaturenow.com

This is my village. Three of my permissions are flooded with shit. It’s burst the river so bad it’s a foot higher than the road. So you have to drive through it to exit the village. Shame on Thames water

''Unacceptable', Thames Water admits.' Good on Flamstead Parish Council for calling out Thames Water 💧 for their record of 850+ hours of continuous sewage spills into the #RiverVer chalk stream this year. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

One thousand hours of Thames Water 💧 sewage straight into our #RiverVer chalk stream in 2024 and still going. Remarkably we are not the worst 👉R. Chess Association #RiverMisbourne

EXCLUSIVE sewage scandal update! You probably thought you knew the story by now. I’m sorry to say it’s worse than that. Four whistleblowers told me some shocking stuff…. Read on….

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Running along South Bucks Way beside Misbourne is no longer enjoyable. It honks. Monitor may be “offline” at Amersham Balancing tanks. But we all know what that means. Shame on you ⁦⁦Thames Water 💧⁩ ⁦Feargal Sharkey⁩ ⁦Paul Jennings⁩ ⁦ChilternChalkStreams⁩

Only 8mm of rain last week, yet Thames Water 💧 are continuing to deliver sewage into the #RiverVer . Sewage fungus, road awash. A month of continuous spills & 942 hours in 2024. If you're local, come to Flamstead Annual Parish Meeting, Monday 22 April at 7pm, St Leonard's Church...

Maureen McLean 🍃💚🍃 Pete Devery Dave Wallace Frances Cutler 🍃💚🍃 Steve Masters Mark Keir Sarah Green I like to sentiment behind this petition but should point out that improvement could be achieved if the regulators applied the existing regulations & laws. Most of the discharges in the Colne catchment this year breach the permits. Colne Valley Park Ver Valley Society ChilternChalkStreams

Our commiserations to R. Chess Association on clocking up 1000 hours of continuous Thames Water 💧 sewage spills. The #RiverVer is the lucky one, with a mere 500 hours of the brown stuff.

An unwanted record was passed today - 500 hours of continuous Thames Water 💧 sewage, spilling into the tiny #RiverVer , one of the world's rare #chalkstreams . Over 30 days in 2024, so far. It's as disgusting now as in was in the 1980s when the spills first started.

🪧EVENT: Save the Kennet Catchment’s Precious Chalk Streams

Join the Kennet River Keepers, supported by the Angling Trust and Action for the River Kennet (ARK), for a Peaceful Protest demanding an end to the ongoing 💩 pollution in our chalk streams in the Kennet catchment.

14/04/24; 12pm; Newbury ⬇️

Discover how to protect your local river. Maya Pardo offers numerous tips, insights and examples useful to communities, activists, paralegals and legal clinics who want to use the law to protect river habitats. Wed 17th April via Zoom. To book, visit chalkaquiferalliance.wordpress.com

Sewage fungus in the heart of St Albans is a distressing sign of the times. Environment AgencySE

Hey St Albans! You need not worry about the lack of public toilets or litter bins. It seems that our local chalkstream is being used as both.

It’s disgusting and it’s HERE, NOW . . . in the heart of our City.

There is no ‘good’ - just the bad and the very ugly. Some are really…