Tag Archives: Thames Water

Tidefest – Thames Tideway Angling Competition

The Angling Trust and Thames Angler’s Conservancy are pleased to announce the establishment of an annual angling competition to take place as part of the new TideFest event in London, which this year coincides with World Rivers Day on September 28th. … Continue reading

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Thames Water guilty of Negligence over River Crane Fish Kill

Thames Water have been found guilty of negligence over the 2011 River Crane pollution which killed an estimated 10,000 fish and wiped out all life over a 7 mile stretch. At Isleworth Crown Court on 27th June Thames Water were fined £75000 and … Continue reading

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Martin Salter – Starting the ‘Season’ with a mixed bag and plans for a Silver King.

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Judgment paves the way for Water Companies Dirty Secrets to be Exposed

The public’s ‘right to know’ what gets dumped into our rivers received a welcome boost this week when the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment on important questions of EU law related to public access to … Continue reading

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River Crane Pollution Appeal

River Crane pollution incident Update from the Environment Agency We would like to update you on the recent pollution incident on the River Crane. We were made aware of reports of two incidents in the Twickenham area of the morning … Continue reading

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River Crane devastated by new Pollution Incident

The River Crane in West London has been devastated by a new pollution incident following the total wipeout of all species in October 2011. This new pollution incident was reported after local people saw dead fish floating in the river … Continue reading

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Pollution Wipes out Riverflies on 15km of the Upper Kennet

A serious pesticide pollution has hit the upper River Kennet this week resulting in an almost total wipe out of the aquatic invertebrates in much of a 15 km stretch downstream from Marlborough to Hungerford. As yet fish populations remain … Continue reading

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Thames Water to pay £41,000 for Pollution and Fish Kill on the River Ash

Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Water) has been ordered to pay £41,000 for polluting the River Ash and for breaching a condition of its environmental permit, killing an estimated 4,300 fish. In May the company pleaded guilty to two charges … Continue reading

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Thames Water fined 27K for pollution and fish kill on a Surrey river

The Environment Agency received a report from a member of the public on the 10 November about sewage pollution in fields where horses were kept. On 14 November, Environment Agency officers visited the site after a report of dead fish … Continue reading

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River waste repels Olympic rower amid Thames Tideway Tunnel works

Andy Triggs Hodge, a gold medal-winning rower at the Beijing and London Olympics, stopped training on Britain’s most famous river when it turned out water wasn’t his biggest obstacle: raw sewage on the Thames was. The capital’s sewer network, built … Continue reading

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