The INNS Out scheme which covers Affinity Water’s supply Area is now open for applications. Information can be obtained here.

 Anglian Water will be opening their INNS Grant Scheme for applications at the beginning of November. Their scheme is hosted on the Cambridgeshire Community Foundation website, where all details of the scheme and application forms will be located.

 Applications will be considered for funding of INNS control activities in 2024.

There is a Herts & Middlesex water vole and invasive non-native species conference on 2nd November 2023.  Click on this link to register

For the water quality update for the Lea catchment summer 2023 see here

The annual Riverfly meeting of the Herts & Chilterns Riverfly hub was held on Sun10th September at the Boxmoor Trust. This event was attended by about 38 Riverfly monitors from the hub. 

PDFs of the talks can be viewed here - PDF1 and PDF2

Thames Water have announced that a new ‘report a problem online’ tool has gone live on their website.  To access click here. Read more ...

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Upcoming webinar to discuss the revised draft plan  - 10.30am to 12 noon on Wednesday, 20 September. Read more ...

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The Upper Lea Catchment Partnership gathered on 29 Nov 2022 to recap on progress made over the year towards improving the state of the river and its valley. Read more ...

A round of catchment partnership meetings were held in March 2021, minutes now available to view. Read more ...

Watch the world's first live investigative documentary attempting to find out who is polluting our rivers and why nobody is stopping them. Read more ...

Storm overflow disharge into rivers occurs when sewage treatment works experience maximum capacity volumes, often following heavy rain events. The Event Duration Monitoring dataset for 2020 has now been published here. This relates to the performance of storm overflows, provided by Water and Sewerage Companies for the 2020 regulatory annual return. Read more ...

Join the Ver Valley Society for World Rivers Day on Sunday 22nd September in Verulamium Park, and join the protest against the disappearance of Hertfordshrie's Chalk Rivers! Read more ...

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

The Government has launched a new grant scheme to help deliver improvements to the water environment over the next 3 years. Read more ...

We are delighted to report that the project to reduce the erosion of the southern river bank in The Meads at Wheathampstead has been completed. Read more ...

A Wheathampstead volunteer has been awarded the title 'River Champion' by The River Restoration Centre for his work on the River Lea. Read more ...

A group of local volunteers have worked hard to improve the habitat of the River Lea over the last year. Read more ...

The Wheathampstead Open Space Volunteers have been making significant progress in delivering the restoration plan for the River Lea as it flows through East Lane Carpark in Wheathampstead. Read more ...

Tesco's Bags of Help grant programme, administered by Groundwork, is open for applications from the 18th April. Read more ...

Pollution entering the River Lea in Wheathampstead first reported in January continues to enter the river. Read more ...

On Good Friday, Riverfly monitors for the Upper Lea David and Charlotte had their best sample yet. Read more ...

Eleven representatives from the partners working across the Lea Catchment recently attended training to edit the catchment website. Read more ...

Are you involved in an innovative and exciting environmental project in Hertfordshire? The Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) Hertfordshire branch, is inviting nominations for the annual Rural Living Awards. Read more ...

Ever fancied finding out how much water you use in the shower? This is your chance. Read more ...

Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust hosted a successful riverfly conference with the Herts and Chilterns Riverfly Hub. Read more ...

On 19th November 2015, WWF-UK, The Angling Trust and Fish Legal scored a huge victory in protecting our rivers. Read more ...

New rules have been introduced to simplify the way septic tanks and small sewage treatment plants are regulated in England, protecting the environment and improving water quality. Read more ...

A new project, to install an eel pass, has been added to the catchment plan for the Upper Lea. Read more ...