Information Resources | Reports, Maps, Data & More

Maps

Comprehensive, Interactive Pollution Map | Watershed Investigations
Water Basin Catchment Areas | Environment Agency
Safer Rivers and Seas Map | Surfers Against Sewage
Live sewage pollution data | Surfers Against Sewage (SAS)
Surfers Against Sewage 2023 Water Quality Reports NB SAS produce reports for each of the nations; check the drop down menu for where you are.
Raw Sewage in Our Rivers. Monitor sewage in your local area | The Rivers Trust
Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) Map. Storm discharge data in real-time | Thames Water
Developments of National Significance in Wales | Council for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW)
Flood Risks in Wales | Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
Historic Landfills in England
Historic Landfill Sites. England & Wales
Hereford,Shropshire & Powys Intensive Poultry units | Council for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW)
Top of the Poops Easy to view sewage information; impactful imaging
Most polluted rivers in England 2023. Find your local river

Generic Resources

Background Sources of Information for Outreach, Community Assemblies, Campaigns:

XR's Position on Extreme flooding 2024 January 2024 blog helping rebels Tell the Truth. Further resource links below the article
Support Pollution Watch campaign to register leachate into watercourses
'Dead shellfish littering our beaches tell you a lot about safety and secrecy in Britain’ George Monbiot article in the Guardian
See how water company leakages are only slowly fixed An “urgent and significant reduction of the amount of drinking water wasted every day”
Brown Flag Awards
Guardian article on eradicating forever chemicals in the home

The Rivers Trust State of Our Rivers Report

Videos

What Makes Up Flood Water? (Youtube 12 mins)
Rivercide (Youtube 56 mins)
Rivers Trust State of our Rivers (Youtube 2 mins)
There is a link below the video to download for the written report.
Joe Lycett vs Sewage Dark humour, but factsy video (Youtube 50 mins)
The Water Pollution Cover-Up BBC iPlayer Panorama (30 minutes); AVAILABLE UNTIL NOVEMBER 2024 ONLY
Where Does Our Rubbish Go (Youtube 30 mins)
Stop The Stink: Walleys Quarry, Newcastle Under Lyne (Youtube 30 mins)
- Britain's Toxic Secrets (Not available)

Podcasts

Impact of Pollution includes impacts on the body 2 part BBC podcast series
Inside Science: Forever Chemicals 30 minute BBC podcast
Buried 10 part podcast. The case of illegal toxic landfill in Ireland.

Government Reports and Information

House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee heard evidence on the Water Quality in Rivers
House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee Report on Environmental Sustainability of the Ministry of Defence
Government Report on sewage in water: Prof. Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England, Jonson Cox, Ofwat Chair and Emma Howard Boyd, Environment Agency chair. (Published 27 June 2022)
DEFRA 25 Year Plan on Water Use
DEFRA 25 Year Environment Plan. Annual Progress Report 2023
Government Implementation Plan for the Chalkstream Strategy 25/11/22
DEFRA statement Response to Paul Whitehouse's 'Our Troubled Waters' aired on BBC2, 5/3/23
UN Water Conference 2023 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Flooding and Health: an overview, UK Health Security Agency
Hansard: ‘Orphan Sites’ Hazardous waste sites
Hansard: Waste Industry - Criminality & Regulation
The National Archives Official historic records not subject to secrecy ‘D’ Notices
House of Lords Library. Sewage Pollution in England's Waters
Remember too that sewage is only one among other contaminants that pose a risk to your family's health. Check this government guidance on swimming outdoors. Beware, however, this says nothing of chemical pollution, which could be particularly risky if a beach borders a historic landfill or industrial sites.

Exposure and Adverse Effects of Chemicals on Wildlife in the Environment

Organisations and Allies

We will be making a spreadsheet of possible contacts available to view, make a copy of and add your local contacts to, so they can be shared with rebels coming on board and stepping into Dirty Water actions, outreach and assembly organisation. More about this in time for the Restore Nature Now national event 22nd June. Meantime, here's the current state of play with our Restore Nature Now supporters

Celebrity Connections. Who Are You Following and Engaging With?

Feargal Sharkey on Twitter: For all the latest information about what the water companies and the UK government are doing about our waterways and seas.
Chris Packham on Twitter
Michael Sheen on Twitter
Iolo Williams on Twitter For news and useful information around Cymru Wales from the nation's wildlife and conservation hero