River Dore Citizen Science

It was reported and I can't fault the EA. Quick response and the source was identified very quickly, with further assessment of the water downstream. Officially we don't know where it came from. I hope it leads to prosecution. It came from knolton Brook. Look on a map!

Yesterday we encountered a serious, ongoing pollution incident on The Worm. Phosphate levels were 5.2ppm and 2.7ppm 1.5 miles downstream. Carelessness, bad maintenance or even deliberate? It brings into question the treating and concentrating of agricultural waste.

@RiverDore Good idea. Thank you. We’ve had some glorious meadow grasses since we stopped arable/inputs but as it’s flood prone we also get over fertilised ever year of do and a seed back of unknown origin!

Should we top the fields next week or leave them be?

@MerryAlbright Mine gets really really wet in winter but not flooded from elsewhere. A farmer cuts it late after the seeds have dropped and feeds it his cows. Its never grazed these days and is naturally filling itself up with all sorts. Wish I knew what everything was.

A worry in 2 parts😤 1. Kate’s video from Peterchurch in #Herefordshire where @balfourbeatty new work is ‘washing’ away & admitted by them to be done in the rain! 2. All those micro plastics heading to the Dore #River @WATERSHED_i @RiverDore @SaveTheWye @bbchw @herefordtimes

☠️ Extinction moment imminent Imagine you are a Wye Salmon returning home to spawn You finally complete this odyssey after many hazardous years out in the Atlantic Ocean And then you find the river bed where you are supposed to lay your eggs coated with thick noxious green sludge caused by pollution from intensive 🐓production What chance do you have as a species? 😢

Red alert: aurora likely. Issued 2023-09-18 18:59 UTC (19:59 BST) by @aurorawatchuk. #aurora

📢Our rivers are in CRISIS. EVERY SINGLE river in England is polluted beyond legal limits. Will you give rivers your voice and help us to #RescueBritainsRivers? Sign our new petition calling on all politicians to restore our rivers to health by 2030 🌊 👉you.38degrees.org.uk/p/rescueourriv…

Chicken farming protest planned at Hereford Tesco supermarket herefordtimes.com/news/23242305.… This issue is too big for any part of the supply chain to ignore. We sincerely hope supermarkets including @Tesco step up to be part of the solution. #SavetheWye #DefendNature

We live to fight another day.

Landmark decision on mega poultry farm could mean ‘life or death’ of River Wye theguardian.com/environment/20…

Landmark decision on mega poultry farm could mean ‘life or death’ of River Wye theguardian.com/environment/20…

This is the FINAL DAY for our Crowdfunder which closes just after 5pm (17:00) TODAY! If you’re able to chip in to support citizen science work on the Wye, please do! We need to turn our data into action for a cleaner river. #start" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-citi…

Last day to help the 130 volunteer citizen scientists battling to save their iconic river 🙏 #yestheToriesshouldbetestingourriversbuttheyarenot #turdworldcountry

🚨We have ONE DAY LEFT on our Crowdfunder. THANK YOU to the 149 supporters who have raised over £7,500 so far! Every single donation will support our citizen science work and help us to use this data to clean up the River Wye. Can you help? #start" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-citi…

Happy new year! We’d like to take the liberty of suggesting a New Year’s resolution to @NatResWales: Start using our citizen science data! The Environment Agency have been integrating CS monitoring since March last year. What’s stopping you?

Now well past 48 hours in which hundreds of homes in the Golden Valley have been without water. Some are vulnerable, many are elderly and all are very concerned about not having water over Christmas. The comms from @DwrCymru have been dire. We need action from them this day.

Feeling like second class citizens over here!