The Colne Catchment Action Network brings people together to explore better ways to protect, conserve and enhance the water environment of the Colne catchment.
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Congratulations Tony Booker for winning @ThreeRiversDC ‘s Adult Environmental Champion Award for your exceptional and sustained contribution to protecting and restoring the district’s precious local chalk streams.
threerivers.gov.uk/news/envi…
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... tackling #pollution, restoring #biodiversity, leading scientific research into water contamination, coordinating large-scale #conservation projects, and developing innovative #recycling initiatives that promote long-term #ecological recovery and #community action.
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Congratulations to Tony Booker for winning the Adult Environmental Champion Award! 🏆
Thank you for your exceptional and sustained contribution to protecting and restoring the district’s precious local chalk streams💚
Learn more 👉 orlo.uk/X1zbA
ALT Image of daisies. Text that reads ‘Environmental Champions Award Adult Environmental Champion Winner Tony Booker’.
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This is where the green belt can provide the spongy absorbency and floodplain which slows down water moving into rivers and capture the pollution.
#SpongeCity #ClimateAction
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We're proud of what we've achieved for the #RiverVer since 1976 and delighted that it's all been planned and delivered entirely by volunteers. Come and see us in Verulamium Park, St Albans in June: river dipping for all the family and ask us anything about the River Ver!
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. @AffinityWater are consulting the public on their Drought Plan until 17th July and would welcome your feedback.
Water companies have a statutory duty to prepare and maintain a drought plan, which outlines the actions they would take during a drought
affinitywater.uk.engagementh…
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Stay safe and cool near water in the heatwave!
With the extraordinary heat this week plus tragic news of fatalities in water around the country, we are grateful to Royal Life Saving Society for sharing information on Summer Water Safety @RNLI
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#FloatToLive has saved the lives of over 50 people! And they're just the ones we know about 🤯
Dexter, Theo, Billie, Tina and Brian all floated when they got into difficulty in the water, and their stories are powerful reminders that this simple skill can save lives.
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It's not always pleasant work but our volunteers are on the river in all weathers, testing the water, uncovering the issues and encouraging solutions. Phosphates, nitrates, heavy metals, sewage, sediment, E. coli, forever chemicals and many more, We are on the case!
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Every river needs water. That's why we have been campaigning for change since 1976, when most of the #RiverVer dried up for the first time. 50yrs later, over-abstraction has been largely reversed and the Ver is looking more like the #chalkstream it once did.
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How many data centres are proposed for the Colne Valley Regional Park? Over a dozen #DataCentres in #Iver alone.
What you see here is a #wetland without water’: how the datacentre boom is exacerbating Chile’s mega-#drought theguardian.com/global-devel…
@guardian
#ClimateChange
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One measure of the #RiverVer's health is the abundance of invertebrates living in the river. Every month a dedicated team of 20 volunteers survey nearly 20 spots along the Ver to check that all is well.
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Have you been listening to this? @BBCRadio4 Understand ‘Rinsed’
After watching their local river grow murky and lifeless, two retired neighbours decide to take on the water industry and its regulators.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001dwr…
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Do you want to know how much rain fell in the #Herts and North #London Area during #April or how high the river flows were?
Here are the actual figures from the @EnvAgency
Pic shows Bigley Ditch junction with River Colne
gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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ColneCAN retweeted
Our volunteers take on all sorts of tasks to ensure the River Ver and its banks remain in better shape. Collecting bags of rubbish, from cans and bottles to footballs and dog poo bags, isn't everyone's favourite job but we love our chalk stream!
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ColneCAN retweeted
Whether it's a brief glimpse of a vole or signs along the bank, our volunteers record it all. This year there are 10 miles of river to check, that's 20 miles of bank! Wish us luck!
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Would you like to go on a Bat Walk organised by @Hillingdon in #Ruislip Woods on Friday 29th May at 9pm? Meet at the Woodland Centre. Booking essential
ruislipwoodstrust.org.uk/our…
#RuislipLido #GetOutside #GoodCompany #exercise
@Hill_libraries @goparkslondon @YourLondonWalks
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