Save Our Swale
@saveourswale.bsky.social
Save Our Swale), a volunteer group dedicated to protecting the River Swale in North Yorkshire from pollution. Our mission is to safeguard this precious resource for future generations, ensuring clean water and a thriving natural environment,
We want our treatment works at Richmond to be fit for purpose, nothing more, nothing less! @yorkshirewater.bsky.social @cleanilkley.bsky.social @peopleswater.bsky.social
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2507678...
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2507678...
Campaigners take aim at Yorkshire Water after site visit as utility company respond
Three members of the Save Our Swale (SOS) group were permitted access to the treatment works on Wednesday, March 26.
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
April 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We want our treatment works at Richmond to be fit for purpose, nothing more, nothing less! @yorkshirewater.bsky.social @cleanilkley.bsky.social @peopleswater.bsky.social
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2507678...
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2507678...
Yes @feargalsharkey.bsky.social @elnoracornstalk.bsky.social We remember it well. Great publicity for our SOS campaign. We are still no further forward though and @yorkshirewater.bsky.social still polluting into rivers in NY and demanding 41% increase in water costs over 5 years for the privilege!
Good to see you, Keri; and here's the admirable Feargal up North with @saveourswale.bsky.social last year. Excellent to hear him in Ambridge too! #TheArchers
April 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Yes @feargalsharkey.bsky.social @elnoracornstalk.bsky.social We remember it well. Great publicity for our SOS campaign. We are still no further forward though and @yorkshirewater.bsky.social still polluting into rivers in NY and demanding 41% increase in water costs over 5 years for the privilege!
Well said @labourlewis.bsky.social together with @peopleswater.bsky.social @compassoffice.bsky.social
@sascampaigns.bsky.social @cleanilkley.bsky.social
and a growing number of individuals and groups we are going to make this a campaign that cannot be ignored.
@sascampaigns.bsky.social @cleanilkley.bsky.social
and a growing number of individuals and groups we are going to make this a campaign that cannot be ignored.
📣 Clive Lewis: “This is about the maintenance of a model that was never built to serve the public. But here’s the irony. The greed of the water industry has cracked open the door—and through it—we glimpse an opportunity. An opportunity to shatter the myth of water privatisation’s inevitability.” 👏
I just made the case in Parliament for bringing an end to the failed experiment of water privatisation.
Watch my full speech.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gIO...
Watch my full speech.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gIO...
March 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Well said @labourlewis.bsky.social together with @peopleswater.bsky.social @compassoffice.bsky.social
@sascampaigns.bsky.social @cleanilkley.bsky.social
and a growing number of individuals and groups we are going to make this a campaign that cannot be ignored.
@sascampaigns.bsky.social @cleanilkley.bsky.social
and a growing number of individuals and groups we are going to make this a campaign that cannot be ignored.
Keep up the good work @peopleswater.bsky.social @cleanilkley.bsky.social With your help we'll get people to rise up and demand the change we need @labourlewis.bsky.social @compassoffice.bsky.social with everyone on board we'll make the change happen. This is about the future we want to see
The Peoples Commission Day One we learnt
⭐️ Change is possible. So many examples...
⭐️ Bills are higher under privatisation and lower in public ownership, and water quality is better
⭐️ The Public has to be at the centre of all decision-making. Our water our future
⭐️ Change is possible. So many examples...
⭐️ Bills are higher under privatisation and lower in public ownership, and water quality is better
⭐️ The Public has to be at the centre of all decision-making. Our water our future
March 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Keep up the good work @peopleswater.bsky.social @cleanilkley.bsky.social With your help we'll get people to rise up and demand the change we need @labourlewis.bsky.social @compassoffice.bsky.social with everyone on board we'll make the change happen. This is about the future we want to see
Thanks @peopleswater.bsky.social @cleanilkley.bsky.social for fantastic info yesterday on how people in France, Germany and the Netherlands took back control of their water. It's time for change in the UK #peopleswater #time4change Speak Up here:
www.thepeoplescommissiononthewatersector.co.uk
www.thepeoplescommissiononthewatersector.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thanks @peopleswater.bsky.social @cleanilkley.bsky.social for fantastic info yesterday on how people in France, Germany and the Netherlands took back control of their water. It's time for change in the UK #peopleswater #time4change Speak Up here:
www.thepeoplescommissiononthewatersector.co.uk
www.thepeoplescommissiononthewatersector.co.uk
Great news! Tomorrow @labourlewis.bsky.social's Water Bill will have its first debate on 28th March. This is our unmissable chance to put public ownership of water back on the table. Ask your MP to be there and back the Bill: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to attend my Water Bill debate
After years of bill hikes, shareholder pay-outs, and pollution, it couldn't be clearer that privatisation has created a crisis in our water system.
We can't leave the future of this critical natio...
actionnetwork.org
March 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Great news! Tomorrow @labourlewis.bsky.social's Water Bill will have its first debate on 28th March. This is our unmissable chance to put public ownership of water back on the table. Ask your MP to be there and back the Bill: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
We're getting ready here @saveourswale.bsky.social @thenortherneco.bsky.social to apply. Concerned at the 'too polluted to protect' notion which could prevent some applications from going forward.
Will the re-opening of Bathing Water Status applications lead to better monitoring for our local rivers? Some uncertainty about the new rules thenortherneco.substack.com/p/river-camp...
River campaigners grapple with new bathing status rules
A welcome re-opening of applications for bathing water status but - will some fall foul of the new requirements?
thenortherneco.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
We're getting ready here @saveourswale.bsky.social @thenortherneco.bsky.social to apply. Concerned at the 'too polluted to protect' notion which could prevent some applications from going forward.
We've signed up here @saveourswale.bsky.social @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social for the Great Water Blitz. It falls on the same weekend as our monthly Water Quality Monitoring sessions. We'll share our data and contribute to the bigger picture...
The #GreatUKWaterBlitz is back 🗓️ 25-28 April!
🧪 With the data you collect, we can build a picture of water health across the UK and fight for real change.
The number of water testing kits is limited - be quick and sign up today to take part!
👉 earthwatch.org.uk/greatukwater...
🧪 With the data you collect, we can build a picture of water health across the UK and fight for real change.
The number of water testing kits is limited - be quick and sign up today to take part!
👉 earthwatch.org.uk/greatukwater...
March 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We've signed up here @saveourswale.bsky.social @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social for the Great Water Blitz. It falls on the same weekend as our monthly Water Quality Monitoring sessions. We'll share our data and contribute to the bigger picture...
Well done Matt Staniek and @savewindermere.bsky.social for your determination to get something done. You did not take no for an answer! We're following your example here @saveourswale.bsky.social & @cleanilkley.bsky.social
UK government vows to clean up Windermere after sewage criticism | Pollution | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK government vows to clean up Windermere after sewage criticism
Environment secretary points to measures to stop lake being ‘choked by unacceptable levels’ of pollution
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Well done Matt Staniek and @savewindermere.bsky.social for your determination to get something done. You did not take no for an answer! We're following your example here @saveourswale.bsky.social & @cleanilkley.bsky.social
Excellent work The Sewage Campaign Network. Well done @cleanilkley.bsky.social @weownit.org.uk @compassoffice.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social @feargalsharkey.bsky.social
For info on #StopTheWaterScam
youtube.com/shorts/GrlqQ... your MP shorturl.at/qwNrp
Video Fact Sheet shorturl.at/RjKgv
For info on #StopTheWaterScam
youtube.com/shorts/GrlqQ... your MP shorturl.at/qwNrp
Video Fact Sheet shorturl.at/RjKgv
March 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Excellent work The Sewage Campaign Network. Well done @cleanilkley.bsky.social @weownit.org.uk @compassoffice.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social @feargalsharkey.bsky.social
For info on #StopTheWaterScam
youtube.com/shorts/GrlqQ... your MP shorturl.at/qwNrp
Video Fact Sheet shorturl.at/RjKgv
For info on #StopTheWaterScam
youtube.com/shorts/GrlqQ... your MP shorturl.at/qwNrp
Video Fact Sheet shorturl.at/RjKgv
Thanks @thenortherneco.bsky.social We are indeed angry!
It seems impossible to hold these people to account. There is a basic problem with our democracy that this can be allowed to happen and we are powerless to stop it.
It seems impossible to hold these people to account. There is a basic problem with our democracy that this can be allowed to happen and we are powerless to stop it.
Well we knew it was coming but at 41%, the increase from Yorkshire Water is far bigger than expected. Here's the reaction from @saveourswale.bsky.social and other campaigners in our last report on water before the break thenortherneco.substack.com/p/anger-and-...
Anger and shock at 41% water bill rise
But separate landmark ruling on regulation gives hope for legal enforcement to be taken on sewage dumping at last
thenortherneco.substack.com
December 19, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Thanks @thenortherneco.bsky.social We are indeed angry!
It seems impossible to hold these people to account. There is a basic problem with our democracy that this can be allowed to happen and we are powerless to stop it.
It seems impossible to hold these people to account. There is a basic problem with our democracy that this can be allowed to happen and we are powerless to stop it.