Dirty Water Campaign
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We advocate for WATER PRESSURE – a Citizens' Assembly on Water.
We want UK citizens to consider and recommend how our water is best stewarded for the benefit of all life, now and for the foreseeable future, in a changing climate.
We want UK citizens to consider and recommend how our water is best stewarded for the benefit of all life, now and for the foreseeable future, in a changing climate.
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Excitement over Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR), while often justified, should also be tempered by acknowledgment of MAR’s limitations. This article identifies policy changes that can help MAR succeed. #cawater legal-planet.org/2025/11/18/t...
The Promise and Growing Pains of Managed Aquifer Recharge - Legal Planet
Around the world, groundwater mismanagement is a major driver of water crises. An emerging method for addressing such mismanagement, called managed aquifer recharge, has generated excitement among sch...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Excitement over Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR), while often justified, should also be tempered by acknowledgment of MAR’s limitations. This article identifies policy changes that can help MAR succeed. #cawater legal-planet.org/2025/11/18/t...
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the existential threat of groundwater depletion is even more urgent during this AI boom and increased lithium mining to fuel EV batteries.
this july 2025 story by @propublica.org explains what's at stake if we continue pulling from aquifers at current rates.
www.propublica.org/article/wate...
this july 2025 story by @propublica.org explains what's at stake if we continue pulling from aquifers at current rates.
www.propublica.org/article/wate...
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
the existential threat of groundwater depletion is even more urgent during this AI boom and increased lithium mining to fuel EV batteries.
this july 2025 story by @propublica.org explains what's at stake if we continue pulling from aquifers at current rates.
www.propublica.org/article/wate...
this july 2025 story by @propublica.org explains what's at stake if we continue pulling from aquifers at current rates.
www.propublica.org/article/wate...
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One of the major dams feeding the Iranian capital's water has reached the dead storage level and unless significant rainfall arrives in the upper catchment this month, even limited withdrawals will soon become impossible. Bne IntelliNews #Iran #Drought #WaterCrisis #KarajDam #AmirKabirDam
Iranian dam effectively shut down due to ongoing drought
One of the major dams feeding the Iranian capital's water has reached the dead storage level and unless significant rainfall arrives in the upper catchment this month, even limited withdrawals will soon become impossible.
dlvr.it
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
One of the major dams feeding the Iranian capital's water has reached the dead storage level and unless significant rainfall arrives in the upper catchment this month, even limited withdrawals will soon become impossible. Bne IntelliNews #Iran #Drought #WaterCrisis #KarajDam #AmirKabirDam
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Good to have NPAP’s Jake White and @natreswales.bsky.social Duncan Dumbreck introducing NRW River Restoration Seminar delegates to the river restoration & peatland work in the Teifi catchment yesterday. This followed a day of focusing on catchment-scale working.
#4AfonLife #4RiversLife
#4AfonLife #4RiversLife
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Good to have NPAP’s Jake White and @natreswales.bsky.social Duncan Dumbreck introducing NRW River Restoration Seminar delegates to the river restoration & peatland work in the Teifi catchment yesterday. This followed a day of focusing on catchment-scale working.
#4AfonLife #4RiversLife
#4AfonLife #4RiversLife
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The planetary boundaries framework highlights the rising risks from human pressure on nine critical global processes that regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth. Seven Crossed.
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The planetary boundaries framework highlights the rising risks from human pressure on nine critical global processes that regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth. Seven Crossed.
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The River South Esk Catchment Partnership’s work to "re-wiggle" a historically straightened 250m stretch of the March Burn at Glen Clova re-meandered and return the surrounding land to a more natural state has been completed https://orlo.uk/3DZqB
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The River South Esk Catchment Partnership’s work to "re-wiggle" a historically straightened 250m stretch of the March Burn at Glen Clova re-meandered and return the surrounding land to a more natural state has been completed https://orlo.uk/3DZqB
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📗 Our #CRC1502 most-cited series continues with Post #4 (46 citations): Rahmati et al., Reviews of Geophysics (2024) — “Soil Moisture Memory: State-Of-The-Art and the Way Forward”, on how soils “remember” wet/dry #extremes and shape land–climate #feedbacks.
#SoilMoisture
📝 doi.org/10.1029/2023...
#SoilMoisture
📝 doi.org/10.1029/2023...
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
📗 Our #CRC1502 most-cited series continues with Post #4 (46 citations): Rahmati et al., Reviews of Geophysics (2024) — “Soil Moisture Memory: State-Of-The-Art and the Way Forward”, on how soils “remember” wet/dry #extremes and shape land–climate #feedbacks.
#SoilMoisture
📝 doi.org/10.1029/2023...
#SoilMoisture
📝 doi.org/10.1029/2023...
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🌊 Wetlands regulate the planet’s hydrological rhythm, storing & releasing water in ways that sustain ecosystems. To meet global climate goals, wetlands must move from the margins of discussion to the centre of action.
Details: www.ramsar.org/news/cop30-e...
#WetlandsWednesday #COP30
Details: www.ramsar.org/news/cop30-e...
#WetlandsWednesday #COP30
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🌊 Wetlands regulate the planet’s hydrological rhythm, storing & releasing water in ways that sustain ecosystems. To meet global climate goals, wetlands must move from the margins of discussion to the centre of action.
Details: www.ramsar.org/news/cop30-e...
#WetlandsWednesday #COP30
Details: www.ramsar.org/news/cop30-e...
#WetlandsWednesday #COP30
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Man-made disasters and their long-lasting impact on 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, human health and the environment.
Pollution is not the only disaster that can affect groundwater. Subsidence because of over-extraction is a worldwide phenomenon. Let's take a look at Beijing.
𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮)
Pollution is not the only disaster that can affect groundwater. Subsidence because of over-extraction is a worldwide phenomenon. Let's take a look at Beijing.
𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮)
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Man-made disasters and their long-lasting impact on 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, human health and the environment.
Pollution is not the only disaster that can affect groundwater. Subsidence because of over-extraction is a worldwide phenomenon. Let's take a look at Beijing.
𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮)
Pollution is not the only disaster that can affect groundwater. Subsidence because of over-extraction is a worldwide phenomenon. Let's take a look at Beijing.
𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮)
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...cont. "Beaver dams and ponds widen water courses and raise water tables to irrigate larger, lusher, more diverse and productive riparian habitats and gallery forests." Just one of our website stories incl. beavers & assisted natural regeneration: rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com/fire-in-the-...
Fire in the Redwoods - Rediscovering the Golden State
They’ve lived for thousands of years. They’re the tallest and largest trees on Earth. And now these majestic giants are burning. Follow me as I guide you through California’s endemic redwood forests t...
rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
...cont. "Beaver dams and ponds widen water courses and raise water tables to irrigate larger, lusher, more diverse and productive riparian habitats and gallery forests." Just one of our website stories incl. beavers & assisted natural regeneration: rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com/fire-in-the-...
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YES!
An experiment run by the non-profit Tree People has shown that landscaping designed to slow rainfall down so it can be absorbed into the ground, rain barrels, and water catchment basins created in individual cities can stop flooding and increase rain replenishing vital underground water tables!
An experiment run by the non-profit Tree People has shown that landscaping designed to slow rainfall down so it can be absorbed into the ground, rain barrels, and water catchment basins created in individual cities can stop flooding and increase rain replenishing vital underground water tables!
As winter flooding looms, it's worth noting that a young street tree in an asphalt surface can prevent 60% of the rain that falls on it from reaching the ground, even when not in leaf.
Increasing the low levels of urban tree cover should be a strategic national priority.
Increasing the low levels of urban tree cover should be a strategic national priority.
November 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
YES!
An experiment run by the non-profit Tree People has shown that landscaping designed to slow rainfall down so it can be absorbed into the ground, rain barrels, and water catchment basins created in individual cities can stop flooding and increase rain replenishing vital underground water tables!
An experiment run by the non-profit Tree People has shown that landscaping designed to slow rainfall down so it can be absorbed into the ground, rain barrels, and water catchment basins created in individual cities can stop flooding and increase rain replenishing vital underground water tables!
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Feargal Sharkey
"Bucks chalk streams have seen over 24hours of sewage discharged into them by Thames Water in a week."
So how's all that banning bonuses, sending executives to jail bulls*t working out I wonder?
"Bucks chalk streams have seen over 24hours of sewage discharged into them by Thames Water in a week."
So how's all that banning bonuses, sending executives to jail bulls*t working out I wonder?
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Feargal Sharkey
"Bucks chalk streams have seen over 24hours of sewage discharged into them by Thames Water in a week."
So how's all that banning bonuses, sending executives to jail bulls*t working out I wonder?
"Bucks chalk streams have seen over 24hours of sewage discharged into them by Thames Water in a week."
So how's all that banning bonuses, sending executives to jail bulls*t working out I wonder?
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Is this the same Thames Water that was fined by the regulator for breaking dividend payment rules?
www.ofwat.gov.uk/ofwat-finds-...
www.ofwat.gov.uk/ofwat-finds-...
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Is this the same Thames Water that was fined by the regulator for breaking dividend payment rules?
www.ofwat.gov.uk/ofwat-finds-...
www.ofwat.gov.uk/ofwat-finds-...
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Probe announced by Thames Water after 1,000 fish die in pond
#Oxon #Oxfordshire
🔗: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/...
#Oxon #Oxfordshire
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Probe announced by Thames Water after 1,000 fish die in pond
The UK's largest water company Thames Water has said it is investigating after over 1,000 fish were found dead in an Oxfordshire pond.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Probe announced by Thames Water after 1,000 fish die in pond
#Oxon #Oxfordshire
🔗: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/...
#Oxon #Oxfordshire
🔗: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/...
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WTF? "...plan would see 25% of debt written off, > £4bn of new cash injected, but requires years of leniency on fines for pollution incidents. If Thames Water collapses into administration, those debts could be written off by a greater amount"
Why not let it collapse??
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why not let it collapse??
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thames Water rescue plan attacked by excluded bidders
Potential bidders say they are frustrated to have been frozen out of talks on the future of the UK's biggest water utility.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
WTF? "...plan would see 25% of debt written off, > £4bn of new cash injected, but requires years of leniency on fines for pollution incidents. If Thames Water collapses into administration, those debts could be written off by a greater amount"
Why not let it collapse??
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why not let it collapse??
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huh! Try being a customer.
Thames Water rescue plan attacked by excluded bidders
Thames Water rescue plan attacked by excluded bidders
Potential bidders say they are frustrated to have been frozen out of talks on the future of the UK's biggest water utility.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Huh! Try being a customer.
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Billionaire Pears family who own Castle Water bought a village in Cornwall
Now they want to buy Thames Water's 16 million so-called "customers"
NOT FOR SALE
Government must bring Thames Water into special administration and PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Now they want to buy Thames Water's 16 million so-called "customers"
NOT FOR SALE
Government must bring Thames Water into special administration and PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Billionaire Pears family who own Castle Water bought a village in Cornwall
Now they want to buy Thames Water's 16 million so-called "customers"
NOT FOR SALE
Government must bring Thames Water into special administration and PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Now they want to buy Thames Water's 16 million so-called "customers"
NOT FOR SALE
Government must bring Thames Water into special administration and PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Thames Water bidder offering £1bn extra cash injection.
30%+ of the customer bill covers interest payments.
Any private owner would want profit, dividends, sewage dumping will continue, customers will be fleeced.
Must end the profit motive. Nationalise water industry.
30%+ of the customer bill covers interest payments.
Any private owner would want profit, dividends, sewage dumping will continue, customers will be fleeced.
Must end the profit motive. Nationalise water industry.
Thames Water bidder says it is offering £1bn extra cash injection
Castle Water says restructuring plans do not go far enough and extra funds will help resolve pollution crisis
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Thames Water bidder offering £1bn extra cash injection.
30%+ of the customer bill covers interest payments.
Any private owner would want profit, dividends, sewage dumping will continue, customers will be fleeced.
Must end the profit motive. Nationalise water industry.
30%+ of the customer bill covers interest payments.
Any private owner would want profit, dividends, sewage dumping will continue, customers will be fleeced.
Must end the profit motive. Nationalise water industry.
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‘The interests of the British public’…
It’s perhaps worth bearing in mind that major shareholders in Thames Water are the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and the China Investment Corporation..
It’s perhaps worth bearing in mind that major shareholders in Thames Water are the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and the China Investment Corporation..
"Thames Water argued that an MP should be forced to pay its hefty legal costs after he represented the interests of the British public in court, a move he described as “retaliation” for pushing for government control." FFS!!! @weownit.org.uk @cathobbs.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour
Exclusive: Charlie Maynard accuses the utility of ‘retaliation’ over his push for government to gain control of company
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
‘The interests of the British public’…
It’s perhaps worth bearing in mind that major shareholders in Thames Water are the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and the China Investment Corporation..
It’s perhaps worth bearing in mind that major shareholders in Thames Water are the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and the China Investment Corporation..
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The leader of Vale of White Horse District Council has demanded government intervention over escalating reservoir costs. In a letter to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Cllr Bethia Thomas requested a meeting & public inquiry.
www.southandvale.gov.uk/app/uploads/...
www.southandvale.gov.uk/app/uploads/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The leader of Vale of White Horse District Council has demanded government intervention over escalating reservoir costs. In a letter to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Cllr Bethia Thomas requested a meeting & public inquiry.
www.southandvale.gov.uk/app/uploads/...
www.southandvale.gov.uk/app/uploads/...
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The Labour Gov could bring Thames Water back into public ownership. Instead Castle Water is bidding for it: Castle Water is backed by the Pears Family, a billionaire property group, and owned by Tory treasurer and mega-donor Graham Edwards.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water bidder says it is offering £1bn extra cash injection
Castle Water says restructuring plans do not go far enough and extra funds will help resolve pollution crisis
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The Labour Gov could bring Thames Water back into public ownership. Instead Castle Water is bidding for it: Castle Water is backed by the Pears Family, a billionaire property group, and owned by Tory treasurer and mega-donor Graham Edwards.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Follow the money .....
Thames Water bidder says it is offering £1bn extra cash injection | Thames Water
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/267671/
A bidder for Thames Water has said it would inject £1bn more into the struggling utility company than…
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/267671/
A bidder for Thames Water has said it would inject £1bn more into the struggling utility company than…
Thames Water bidder says it is offering £1bn extra cash injection | Thames Water - United Kingdom News Beep
A bidder for Thames Water has said it would inject £1bn more into the struggling utility company than rival proposals if it gained control.
www.newsbeep.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Follow the money .....
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Struggling to imagine what Trees on your farm will look like? These factsheets help explain the benefits & differences between 6 different #Agroforestry systems (suitable for all habitats):
🌳Hedgerows
🌳Shelterbelts
🌳Alley planting
🌳Silvoarable
🌳In-field trees
🌳Riparian planting
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🌳Hedgerows
🌳Shelterbelts
🌳Alley planting
🌳Silvoarable
🌳In-field trees
🌳Riparian planting
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Agroforestry Factsheets — Rainforest Recovery | Woodland Trust
Agroforestry factsheets to help give farmers and landowners an idea of what trees could look like when effectively integrated into a farming system.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Struggling to imagine what Trees on your farm will look like? These factsheets help explain the benefits & differences between 6 different #Agroforestry systems (suitable for all habitats):
🌳Hedgerows
🌳Shelterbelts
🌳Alley planting
🌳Silvoarable
🌳In-field trees
🌳Riparian planting
⬇️
🌳Hedgerows
🌳Shelterbelts
🌳Alley planting
🌳Silvoarable
🌳In-field trees
🌳Riparian planting
⬇️