A Greenwashed Disaster: Fewer Shafts BUT Thames Water’s Environmental Havoc CONTINUES

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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.  …

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TDRA Environmental Impact Assessment — Scoping Specification Report for Consultations (Kingston)

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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 …

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The travails of Thames Water: leaks, dumps and lack of funds

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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, …

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Paddle UK Supports The Solar Campaign to Stop Thames Water TDRA

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Paddle UK is the National Governing Body for paddlesports in the UK and the membership body for England. The CEO of Paddle UK, Ashley Metcalfe, wrote to Mr Philip Duffy, the CEO of the Environment Agency, about Paddle UK’s opposition to the Thames Water TDRA scheme on social, health and environmental grounds. We believe that …

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British Rowing Supports The Solar Campaign to Stop Thames Water TDRA

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British Rowing, the national sports governing  body representing around 34,000 rowers nationwide, has written to the Mr Philip Duffy CEO of the Environment Agency urging them to press for a rethink of Teddington DRA. Their letter is published here. Ian McNuff of the SOLAR campaign said: To the ever-increasing number of members of the public, …

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