Sarah Taigel
@happy_mapper
River friend, chalk stream lover, #geographer and #gisguru, spatial tech, catchment based approach, valuing nature, NFM, drones, Landscape Scale Recovery
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http://www.thehappymapper.com 19-01-2012 10:09:13
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This film is disturbing, showing the Anglian Water storm overflow discharging sewage into the #GaywoodRiver in #Grimston this afternoon. However, these aren’t exceptional circumstances and it has now been 5+ hrs. Feargal Sharkey #chalkstreams #rivers #pollution #westnorfolk
#GaywoodRiver highlighted as concern is raised for future of rare #chalkstreams: lynnnews.co.uk/news/concern-f… Excellent work from Cllr Rob Colwell 🔶Gaywood & West Norfolk 🇺🇦 on this. #gaywoodriverrevival
This morning we were invited to speak to BBC Norfolk about the abandoned Chalk Stream Recovery Plan and what this might mean for rivers of chalk stream ecology such as the Gaywood. We are on 1hr and 8 mins in. #kingslynn #chalkstreams #Norfolk bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
Anglian Water running out of excuses following £1.1m spent on engineering work to line pipes and prevent sewage discharges in Grimston. Despite promises for change, #chalkstream continues to be affected. edp24.co.uk/news/24968125.… Feargal Sharkey watershed_investigations Helena Horton
🤔4 days on & still doesn’t appear that EnvAgencyAnglia has tested for pollution🤷♂️Phosphate 17.5 using a High range tester 0.03 is the target for a healthy #ChalkStream Ammonia 2.14 target 0.04 Why are Anglian Water being allowed to do this ? #SewageScandal 💩🧻Owen Sennitt
More coverage on our fight to protect the Gaywood River from polluters via @bbcnews. Once again, an investigation shuttered without any reasonable answers. So, what exactly IS going on...? #news #rivers bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Feargal Sharkey
New EA figures reveal that pollution from Anglian Water into the Gaywood is actually getting worse. In recent years CSOs discharged raw sewage into the river an average of 266 times. In 2024 this rose to 350 times. Feargal Sharkey watershed_investigations Owen Sennitt
Gaywood River Revival Anglian Water Feargal Sharkey watershed_investigations Owen Sennitt James Wallace James Wild MP Cllr Rob Colwell 🔶Gaywood & West Norfolk 🇺🇦 Sarah Taigel BBC Norfolk Lynn News BENEATH BRITISH WATERS Our Freshwater Planet RiverActionUK Norfolk Wildlife Trust Originating from the Temple Springs at Grimston site of a #Roman temple where they probably bathed & worshiped the Crystal clear water this tiny #ChalkStream is used to dispose of effluent Anglian Water 🙏update the STW & divert the treated water through a series of ponds
Gaywood River Revival Anglian Water Feargal Sharkey watershed_investigations Owen Sennitt James Wallace James Wild MP Cllr Rob Colwell 🔶Gaywood & West Norfolk 🇺🇦 Russell ChalkStreamsInCrisis 🦇🦎🦇🦎 Sarah Taigel BBC Norfolk Lynn News BENEATH BRITISH WATERS Our Freshwater Planet RiverActionUK Norfolk Wildlife Trust @anglianwater There are only 210 rivers classified as chalk streams in the entire planet. Why is discharging raw sewage into any of these rivers not considered a crime Environment Agency?
A little late in posting this clip, but it does show you more on the concerning issue of the lack of weed that others, such as Russell ChalkStreamsInCrisis 🦇🦎🦇🦎, have been attempting to highlight in the past week or so. Are you coming to investigate EnvAgencyAnglia?
Phosphate check & 1.28😱on healthy #ChalkStreams I’m looking for 0.04-0.02 This massive dose of Phosphate is coating the riparian plants in Algae scum excluding the light +coats the gravel bed🧐Derby Fen SSSI EnvAgencyAnglia Anglian Water low flow concentrates the pollutants