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The #RiverVer has had a year of challenges but our volunteers have shone through it all. The December work party of 20+ pollarded, coppiced, pruned, litter picked, sited nest boxes and more, around #Redbourn. We love our chalk stream! @colnecan.bsky.social @chilternstreams.bsky.social
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In St Albans on Saturday? Come and see us at the Community Showcase, Oct 25, 11am-3pm in the Nave of St Albans Cathedral, Table 49. Catch up on the water quality work we're doing to protect the #riverver but ask us anything! www.stalbanscathedral.org/Event/st-alb... @chilternstreams.bsky.social
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Our volunteers have been out on the #RiverVer in October. From repairing the willow spiling at Redbournbury Mill to retrieving rubbish from the river in St Albans, there's always plenty needs doing on a #chalkstream.
@chilternstreams.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social
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A final #BalsamBash of the season on the #RiverVer supported by 29 of our volunteers. Thanks to one and all, we've combed every inch of the infested banks at least twice. We'll be ready again in 2026! #INNS
@chilternstreams.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social
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It's moments like these that keep us going - a water vole on the #RiverVer, on a recent summer evening. We love our chalkstream!
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Many thanks to our volunteers for another thorough #balsambash. Much Himalayan Balsam removed and Purple Loosestrife planted. The #RiverVer chalk stream is all the better for it. @chilternstreams.bsky.social
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A staggering rise in serious pollution incidents comes as no surprise to the people and wildlife along the #RiverVer. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Care and attention was devoted to the #RiverVer last Friday, with the help of some brilliant corporate volunteers from AMD. Himalayan Balsam was removed and waders donned waders for the first time to thin the overhead willow canopy. @chilternstreams.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social
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Silt mats and wattles were placed across the river to trap any silt released by the works so it didn’t damage habitats downstream.
River improvements at Riverside Way #StAlbans on the #RiverVer @hertscc.bsky.social CMS @vervalleysoc.bsky.social
colnecan.org.uk/index.php/th...
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Chestnut stakes are driven in to the river bed to secure a deflector in place. Deflectors redirect water creating areas of faster flow and pockets of slack water.
River improvements at Riverside Way #StAlbans on the #RiverVer @HertsCC CMS @VerValleySoc
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Poles are placed over brash and tied to stakes to hold the brash together. Building a berm.
River improvements at Riverside Way #StAlbans on the #RiverVer @hertscc.bsky.social CMS @vervalleysoc.bsky.social
colnecan.org.uk/index.php/th...
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River improvements at Riverside Way #StAlbans on the #RiverVer @hertscc.bsky.social
CMS red tops and @vervalleysoc.bsky.social blue hi-vis jackets #volunteers gathered for a briefing before works start.
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Find out more here about river improvements at Riverside Way #StAlbans on the #RiverVer to address issues including overshading, low energy flow and bank erosion. Project lead @hertscc.bsky.social CMS partner @vervalleysoc.bsky.social
colnecan.org.uk/index.php/th...
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Join us at 7.30pm, Tues 17 June, St Stephen Parish Centre AL2 3PJ. FREE meeting, all welcome. Guest speaker Dr Julie Battersby will tell us about toads; there'll be updates on the state of the #RiverVer & plenty of time for sewage, planning, nature & more. riverver.co.uk/open-meeting...
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It doesn't really need a test to prove that the #RiverVer below Markyate sewage works is in a dire state. 3275hrs of continuous sewage since Dec 2024 & there's an E. coli level of 20,000 colonies per 100ml - more than 20 times the poorest bathing quality limit. #GreatUKWaterBlitz
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There's nothing more rewarding than when 20 volunteers turn up to show to give the #RiverVer a bit of TLC on an April weekend. Light let in, rubbish removed, soul refreshed. We love our chalk stream! @chilternstreams.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social
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Another unwanted and unbelievable milestone passed today - 3000 hours of continuous sewage have been discharged directly into the #RiverVer chalk stream since December 12th 2024. No rain or snowmelt - see you in court? @chilternstreams.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social
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Taking advantage of the long dry spell, our volunteers have been out taking samples from the #RiverVer to compare results with the times when road runoff is in full flow.
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Many thanks to our volunteers for putting on a morning show for the wonderful Wild About Redbourn group. Plenty of chat about the local #RiverVer and #RiverRed plus chalk streams and the wildlife they support. @chilternstreams.bsky.social @alan-winn.bsky.social
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Our enthusiastic volunteers have been in the Flamstead area. A quick stop to be reminded of just how awful the sewage in the #RiverVer remains below Thames Water's Markyate Sewage Works: 2675 hours non-stop since Dec 24. Then on to some channel work to free the flow! @chilternstreams.bsky.social
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🚨 Recent data shows Thames Water dumped sewage into England’s waterways for a whopping 298,081 hours in 2024
‼️ And there’s been continuous discharges into the #RiverVer since December 2024.
✍️ @victoria-collins.bsky.social and I have called on the Environment Agency to urgently intervene.
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Join us at a fund-raising performance of An Enemy of the People at the Abbey Theatre, St Albans, Thurs 15 May 2025, 7.30pm. Tickets £15 +booking fee. Book here: bit.ly/3PwKPh7 We've had enough of sewage in the #RiverVer help us put the sparkle back into our chalk stream. @chilternstreams.bsky.social
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The #RiverVer hasn't had a day in 2025 without sewage discharging into the headwaters. Thanks to Jonah Fisher and
BBC Breakfast for highlighting the 40-year blight of Thames Water's Markyate Sewage Treatment Works (sic). @colnecan.bsky.social @chilternstreams.bsky.social
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Find out more here about river improvements at Riverside Way #StAlbans on the #RiverVer to address issues including overshading, low energy flow and bank erosion. Project lead @HertsCC CMS partner @vervalleysoc.bsky.social
colnecan.org.uk/index.php/th...
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Open Meeting Thurs 27 Feb 7.30pm, Redbourn Village Hall, AL3 7LW. Latest news on #RiverVer water quality, sewage & wildlife + guest speakers Nick Marriner & Melinda Dresser of Chilterns National Landscape with Conservation on the Chilterns Chalk. Details: bit.ly/3QqhzsT
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£195,000 bonus? For spewing this?"Thames Water's Markyate works started discharging sewage into the #RiverVer after just 7mm of rain on Saturday and it's still going on Sunday. That's almost 2700 hours this year from Markyate and over 300 from Caddington." via Ver Valley Society. Thames Water, shame
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The #RiverVer has had a #barnowl monitoring scheme since 2004.
https://www.riverver.co.uk/barn-owl-project/
From chicks > almost fledged adults. Once mature bird ringing, using a small metal loop with an individual no. is attached to the leg & other assesments are completed by...
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The #RiverVer suffers from over abstraction. #Climatechange is currently adding to this pressure with the upper reaches running dry at an alarming rate.
@VerValleySoc is doing excellent work to raise awareness and highlight these threats.
#WWWeek #chalkstreams #rivers
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Very much enjoyed celebrating 25 years of the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project today by leading a walk on #RiverVer
with @VerValleySoc
For more events like this, and to learn more about the fantastic work being done, be sure to follow @Chilternstreams
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