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Dirty Water Campaign

Building an understanding of how extreme weather events directly affect our waterways and pollution levels. Taking direct action to demand clean water.



Dirty Water Action Pack

The pack covers the Waves of actions starting on 28th January and has all the information you need to take part in each Wave.

Contact Dirty Water

Using their Mattermost Reception channel here or email: dirtywatercampaign@protonmail.com

Resources

[Government Report on sewage in water by Prof. Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England, Jonson Cox, Ofwat chair and Emma Howard Boyd, Environment Agency chair. Published 27 June 2022] (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sewage-in-water-a-growing-public-health-problem)

Maps

Environment Agency Water Basin Catchment Areas

EDM Map | Storm discharge data | River health | Thames Water (in real-time)

Raw sewage in our rivers | The Rivers Trust monitor sewage in your local area: real-time data map

Articles

MPs who voted for sewage: Full list of MPs who voted to continue | Politics | News | Express.co.uk Oct 27, 2021

Raw sewage in our rivers | The Rivers Trust monitor sewage in your local area: real-time data map

Take action | The Rivers Trust

Ministers have no idea how many beaches in England shut due to sewage | Pollution | The Guardian 6 Nov 2022

Organisations

Take action | The Rivers Trust

Jenni Russell on Twitter

Columnist, The Times; contributing writer, the New York Times; book reviewer, the Sunday Times. Winner of the Orwell Prize for political journalism 2011.

“Please read; the most important piece I've written. Mass poisoning has suddenly killed off most sea life for 30 miles by the Tees. The govt claims it's natural; ind scientists warn it's [hu]manmade. The govt is desperate not to inquire too deeply as its freeport policy is at stake.” Read here

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