14/01/25
– News for River Chess
Latest news from Chilterns Chalk Streams - January 2025 Update
All sorts of brilliant things are happening as part of the Chiltern Chalk Streams project under the Chess Smarter Water Catchment, a great model for the rest of the catchment and what could be achieved more widely given more funding.
03/01/25
– News for Rivers Gade and Bulbourne
Gadebridge Park river restoration project update December 24
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27/11/24
– News
When it comes to solving river problems, nothing is ever simple
RECENT heavy rain has brought the discharge of raw sewage into our rivers and waterways back into sharp focus. Here, TONY BOOKER explains some of the complexities that make finding a lasting solution to the problem so depressingly elusive.
16/11/24
– News for River Ver
Revitalising the River Ver Project Update October 24
Update on the Revistalising the River Ver Project for St Albans District Council and ColneCan from the Environment Agency October 2024
08/11/24
– News for Colne Valley Park north
collecting Floating Pennywort for CABI
On Wednesday 6th November Lara Clements and Tony Booker from ColneCAN and Groundwork South got their feet wet collecting floating pennywort from the river Frays in Uxbridge.
04/11/24
– News
March for Clean Water
A fun day out for some of the ColneCAN team on Sunday (November 3) but with the firm intention to deliver a serious message about the deeply alarming state of our rivers and oceans.
14/10/24
– News for Colne Valley Park north
Serious Pollution Incident at Maple Lodge Nature Reserve
The stream that runs into Maple Lodge Nature Reserve has been seriously polluted.
13/10/24
– News for River Chess
Latest news from Chilterns Chalk Streams
Take some time to read up on the work being done by the Chiltern Chalk Streams project under the Chess Smarter Water Catchment, the citizen science work in particular is amazing and relevant to the whole catchment.
10/10/24
– News for River Chess
Abstraction to resume in the Upper River Chess
The River Chess Association are very concerned that abstraction is to resume and put out a press release on 1st Oct 2024: entitled 'Disastrous Resumption of Damaging Abstraction in the Upper Chess'.
10/10/24
– News
The ColneCAN Conference 2024
The ColneCAN Conference 2024: A day focused on bringing a better understanding of the wider catchment including the geology, ground water implications, sewer system, pollution and water quality issues.