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
Sign up to the Dirty Water Mailing List here Sign up to the Dirty Water telegram chat here
Resources
Environmental Information and Water Companies 2015
Government Implementation Plan for the Chalkstream Strategy 25.11.22
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
Map shows raw sewage emptied into Worcestershire rivers | Worcester News
Articles (in date order/newest at the bottom)
Environment Agency knew sewage was being dumped into rivers years ago, leak reveals 1 Oct 2022
Water companies forced to cut £150m from customers bills 3rd Oct 2022
Protesters to take to beaches over sewage discharges into English seas 7 Oct 2022
‘Hot air’: plans to crack down on UK water polluters dismissed as toothless 15 Oct 2022
[River pollution: New phosphate rules hit thousands of planned new homes 24 October 2022](River pollution: New phosphate rules hit thousands of planned new homes - BBC News 24 Oct 22)
Massive sewage spill filmed at St Agnes beach in Cornwall 30 Oct 2022
Water companies dumping sewage during dry weather, SAS report finds 24 Nov 2022
Water chiefs blame UK government for failure to stop sewage pollution 26 Nov 2022
Government to weaken water pollution goals in ‘attack on nature 9 Dec 2022
Water company prosecutions fall in England despite thousands of pollution warnings 1st Feb 2023
Water bills to increase by most in almost 20 years from April 1st Feb 2023
Videos
Organisations
Take action | The Rivers Trust
UN Water Conference 2023 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Useful Contacts
Deep Water: Water and Sewage companies and Telegram links - Google Docs
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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