by Seth Johnson-Marshall | May 14, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
The health of a river is largely dependent on the health of the soils in its catchment. Yet with so much focus on the water industry and sewer overflows this relationship is often overlooked. “Healthy” soils are high in organic matter and, most importantly, stay on...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | May 8, 2025 | Projects, Uncategorized
The health of a river is largely dependent on the health of the soils in its catchment. Yet with so much focus on the water industry and sewer overflows this relationship is often overlooked. “Healthy” soils are high in organic matter and, most importantly, stay on...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | May 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Smothering River Beds FollowFollow Excessive sediments washing off land can change the biological, physical and chemical properties of river environments. Excessive, unnatural amounts can change the biological, properties of a river environment and is considered a...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Nov 28, 2024 | River of the Month, Uncategorized
November 2024 Very few rivers have escaped physical modification by humans at some point in their history. In Britain, less than 1% are free of artificial barriers. Many have also had sections straightened, culverted or their banks re-enforced with artificial...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jan 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
Agriculture is a relatively small part of the Welsh economy. Yet land management in Wales is having an increasingly detrimental effect on rivers. For most Welsh SAC rivers, it is the primary cause of excess levels of phosphorus. In this section, we set out how this is...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jan 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
Abstraction refers to the process of taking water from a natural source (a river, lake, groundwater or reservoir). Water is abstracted for a variety of purposes: by water companies for water supply, by farmers for irrigation, by industry for cooling, production or...
