MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD - RESPOND TO THE CONSULTATION
Between now and the closing date of Tuesday 26 August 2025, we need 1,000s of people to register their opposition to the Thames Sewage Pump (otherwise known as the Teddington Direct River Abstraction scheme - or TDRA).
How should I respond?
Either send an email to TDRA@ipsos.com or write via post (no stamp required) to FREEPOST TDRA CONSULTATION.
Make sure you include your name, address and postcode in your email / letter / postcard otherwise it will not be counted.
If you are not sure what to put in your response, we have published some key messages for our supporters, who do not want the Teddington Direct River Abstraction scheme to go ahead.
Further information about how to respond
Please avoid Thames Water’s online questionnaire
Thames Water have created a feedback questionnaire but we do not encourage using this.
It does not give people a chance to reject the scheme overall.
It asks for people’s preferences about the layout of the scheme, based on an assumption that it is going ahead.
What is wrong with Thames Water's online questionnaire?
Consultation events
The dates and locations of Thames Water’s consultation events are here.
If you are looking to attend those events and ask the Thames Water project managers or public relations staff any questions, we have published some hints and tips, which will help you prepare for your visit.
Save Our Lands and River (SOLAR) is a community campaign group, focused on stopping Thames Water's TDRA* scheme, which will:
- Abstract (remove) millions of litres of water from the River Thames above Teddington Weir
- Pump millions of litres of treated sewage into the River Thames above Teddington Weir
- Construct new treatment works on the storm tanks at Mogden Sewage Treatment works. Use the Mogden site to remove all of the spoil from construction of the 4km treated sewage tunnel.
- Construct a 4km, 3.5m tunnel under the streets of Isleworth, Twickenham, Teddington, Ham and Kingston
- Construct large treated sewage discharge and water abstraction structures above Teddington Weir on Richmond / North Kingston Riverside Metropolitan Open Land / Thames Path National Trail
To get more details see the What is TDRA page . To see how you and your community can get involved and object see the Join Us page
*TDRA - Teddington Direct River Abstraction scheme.
Vist our GoFundMe page.
Support The Campaign!
We are a team of volunteers, giving our own time to stop Thames Water's TDRA. But we need extra support to fight the campaign. And Thames Water has deep pockets.
We are fundraising to help organise our campaign as well as hire scientific and legal experts to support our position.
Please donate to support the Save Our Lands and River (Community Interest Corporation CIC)