Misconnected drains can lead to pollution of local streams, rivers and beaches, damaging wildlife and putting our own health at risk.

Defra is currently consulting on proposals that could fundamentally improve the freshwater environment for decades to come. Showing support for these proposals is crucial if they are to be seen through.

Defra is currently consulting on proposals that could fundamentally improve the freshwater environment for decades to come. Showing support for these proposals is crucial if they are to be seen through.

The latest edition of 'What's Beane Happening?', the newsletter of the River Beane Restoration Association, is now available to download.

Affinity Water has awarded £2,500 to Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust as part of its Community Engagement Programme.  

Affinity Water has awarded £770 to Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust as part of its Community Engagement Programme.

Affinity Water has awarded £2,500 to Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust as part of its Community Engagement Programme.  

Affinity Water has awarded £2,500 to Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust as part of its Community Engagement Programme.  

River Stort at Hunsdon Mead

Contractors will start re-pollardaring willows along the Stort backwater on the northern edge of Hunsdon Mead.

Local people were shocked to see a four metre high wall of foam covering the river.

River bed improvement upstream of Tewinbury Farm

This stretch of river suffers from heavy silt deposition caused by reduced flows, dredging in the 70s, and the ponding effect of a weir. The aim is to restore the river to a silt-free, gravel bedded, shallow, fast flowing stream, with riffles and pools capable of supporting water crowfoot and breeding trout.

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Design by LTD Design Consultants and build by Garganey Consulting.