Rivers Event Recordings
After our hugely successful River Event with over 12 River Groups, and a number of speakers from organisations such as AONB and Rivers Trust, you can now access the recordings here:
Watch the: Recording of the three talks
Watch the: Q&A and conversation with the Rivers
Read the: Key Points from the Dorset CAN Bright Blue Dorset meeting
View the: Presentation Slides
Related resources: see the detailed and highly informative ‘Septic Tanks and the Environment’ presentation by Ali Morse from the Watercress and Winterbournes meeting in January 2023
Clean up Dorset’s Rivers and Beaches
Raw sewage in our rivers - Latest Data and Map | The Rivers Trust
Surfers Against Sewage • Water Quality Report 2022
River Groups
All across Dorset there are community led river projects (some are just outside the county but watersheds are administratively promiscuous) Follow the links for more info and to JOIN! (If yours isn’t listed – please send us details):
River Asker Community Project
Bridport Rivers Catchment Group
Cerne Valley Project
River Char Community Project
Lower Char Community Project
Connecting the Culm
Dorset Catchment Partnerships
DWT’s Dorset Wild Rivers scheme
Friends of the River Frome
River Kit monitoring group (Chardstock ECO Group)
River Lim Monitoring Project
Health of the River Piddle
Poole Harbour catchment initiative
River Stour Catchment Initiative
River Tarrant Rehabilitation Project
Winniford River Action Group
In the News
River Lim Action Group: Hello South West Water. No More Poo! please in our Marine Reserve
A systems approach on storm overflows: Ten things government’s reduction plan should do - CIWEM
Wallingford applies to Defra for bathing water status for a stretch of the River Thames in the town
Raw deal: discontent is rising as water companies pump sewage into UK waters
England’s privatised water firms paid £57bn in dividends since 1991