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The Wild Dart Swim: fingers crossed

The Wild Dart Swim: fingers crossed

Michelle Walker, our Deputy Technical Director, is currently in the midst of training for the Wild Dart swim. Follow Michelle’s journey in this new blog series, written by her as she braves the cold water in preparation for this mammoth wild swim.

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Oxford WaterBlitz to investigate bathing water safety of local rivers

Oxford WaterBlitz to investigate bathing water safety of local rivers

18 sites on the River Thames in Oxford and its upstream tributaries will be tested today to investigate whether the city could host the UK’s second ever designated river bathing water.

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The Wild Dart Swim: up with the birds

Michelle Walker, our Deputy Technical Director, is currently in the midst of training for the Wild Dart swim. Follow Michelle’s journey in this new blog series, written by her as she braves the cold water in preparation for this mammoth wild swim.

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Founder of Rivers Trust movement honoured by the Queen

Arlin Rickard, who founded the Westcountry Rivers Trust in 1994, and then went on to lead the Association of Rivers Trusts (now The Rivers Trust) for 15 years, has been awarded a richly deserved OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

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COVID pandemic fails to slow the flow of the Rivers Trust movement

2020 proved an outstanding year for the Rivers Trust movement, as we publish our review of the year this week. Despite some setbacks resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, many environmental improvements were still undertaken on a large scale.

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World Water Week: think ​‘river’ when you turn on the tap

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Why we’re going on Spawning Strike for World Fish Migration Day

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New EA water quality statistics show failure at a national scale

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Water Saving Week: New Water for Tomorrow project to increase resilience of water stressed areas of England and France

This week we’ve launched Water for Tomorrow, a new €4m cross-border project that will help to improve how local areas mitigate and adapt to the threats of increased future water scarcity and drought in England and France.

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Announcing a new water stewardship partnership with Britvic

This week, we have welcomed leading soft drinks company Britvic onto our Water Stewardship Programme. Along with some of our local member Trusts, we’ll be working with Britvic to improve river health and water quality near their production sites.

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