The October 2024 round of community events from Thames Water is an attempt to show how the removal of a number of shafts now means that they had listened to the key concerns and have a scheme which should be supportable. As SOLAR this attempted slight of hand fails to address many of our longstanding …
A REDUCTION IN SHAFTS BUT SERIOUS QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWERED Read More »
In September the Mayor of London announced that Teddington is one of his four new selected open water swimming spots for London. As it set out on the GLA’s website the Mayor will bring together local communities, companies, government agencies, charities and campaigners to develop an ambitious 10-year plan that will see the river at Teddington become a place that is …
In response to pressure from locally elected officials and the community Save Our Lands and River (SOLAR) campaign, Thames Water announced this week that it has amended plans for the Teddington Direct River Abstraction scheme (TRDA) by removing four of its seven construction shafts between Mogden Sewage Works and Ham Lands from the proposed design. …
A Greenwashed Disaster: Fewer Shafts BUT Thames Water’s Environmental Havoc CONTINUES Read More »
We are pleased to share the SOLAR campaign’s scoping specification report produced as support for the consultation process as part of the Development Consent Order planning application process for TDRA. What is this scoping report, and why are we producing it? Thames Water is required to undertake an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA ) for TDRA as …
We’re delighted to announce that after a successful application to the Citizen Science program, we now have funding to produce ecology reports on the impact that the Thames Water TDRA scheme will have on both water and land. The reports seek to highlight the fragile nature of the ecosystem and the range of plants and …
Announcing Funding for Water Ecology and Water Testing Read More »
Over the last few months, it appears that not one week has gone by without more shocking revelations about the performance of Thames Water. Whether that be in their negotiations with investors, their strained relationship with Ofwat, their seemingly constant discharge of untreated sewage or their failure to meet leak targets. Headlines building on headlines, …
The travails of Thames Water: leaks, dumps and lack of funds Read More »
