Vote for River Lea Catchment projects, nominated for funding in the Affinity Water community grants programme.

Take a read of the latest What's Beane Happening newsletter, produced by the River Beane Restoration Association.

 

Water is the stuff of life, but how often do any of us really think about it?

That's all set to change this month with the launch of the Love Water campaign on 8 July.

DEFRA have launched a consultation running from 19 July to 11 October 2019. It aims to understand how personal water usage can be reduced, and what measures need to be put in place to acheive this. We urge all catchment partners to review and respond to the consultation. 

#WhyNotWater is a campaign being led by Affinity Water. Launched in May 2019, it aims to fuel a national debate to ensure water conservation is at the heart of our actions and behaviour.

Join us for an inclusive event on Thursday 11th July, 2019 hosted by Affinity Water, Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust and River Beane Restoration Association.

On 22 May, the Groundwork Landscape architecture and community teams spent the afternoon consulting members of the public in Houghton Regis over the proposed plans to increase public access to and involvement in the river and promote the river as a community and educational resource.

Last year saw the end of our three year long junior river warden programme kindly funded by Thames water.

The River Lea recently featured on BBC's River Walks.

The annual River Lea Catchment Conference took place on 23rd January 2019, at Bayfordbury Science and Learning Centre, coordinated by Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust, who are the Catchment Hosts for the River Lea.

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.