Why Emma Hardy MP’s Latest Announcements Make Stopping TDRA More Urgent Than Ever

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In recent weeks, Emma Hardy MP, who is the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Water and Flooding, has made two significant national announcements, both of which expose serious contradictions at the heart of Thames Water’s Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) proposal. As SOLAR we have written to her to help set these out as …

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Ham and Kingston Proposed for Official Bathing Status!

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We were delighted to see that the Government has officially announced that a stretch of the River Thames at Ham and Kingston is being designated for Public Bathing Status. This is a historic milestone. If approved, this would become the first-ever official river bathing site in London. What This Means for Us Designation isn’t just …

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SOLAR CHALLENGES THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS.

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In the final weeks of 2025, as local communities awaited detailed feedback from Thames Water’s recent statutory consultation, the Save Our Lands and River (SOLAR) campaign shifted its focus to the highest levels of government. The campaign’s efforts are now centered on ensuring DEFRA are fully appraised of the risks and public opposition surrounding the …

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TAKING OUR CAMPAIGN TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS

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In the pursuit of our campaign aims, we submitted evidence to the HoL Environment and Climate Change Committee. Our written evidence has now been published on the House of Lords website. You can view it here: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/153371/pdf/

SOLAR URGES New Environment Secretary Stop Thames Water’s ‘Sewage Pump’

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SOLAR is intensifying its fight against Thames Water’s proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) scheme by writing to the newly appointed Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, The Rt Hon Emma Reynolds MP to recognise the “environmentally unsound, socially damaging, and counter to the principles of sustainable water management”. Read our …

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Thames Water’s Secret Classroom: What Did They Teach Our Kids?

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Before the summer break, Thames Water was actively running “Debate Mate with Thames Water” workshops in local schools, youth clubs, and universities, focusing on the controversial TDRA (Thames Direct River Abstraction which we call the Thames Sewage Pump). While positioning this outreach as an educational community initiative, the water company’s actions raised serious alarms about …

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Thames Water’s Selective Transparency: Refusing to Disclose Objections

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We are all aware now that Thames Water is happy to share data that puts them in a positive light, publicly bragging about the 700 people who attended their 10 consultation events for the Thames Development-Related Sewerage Assessment (TDRA) scheme. However, when it comes to the real measure of public sentiment, the number of official …

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THE COMMUNITY SAYS NO TO THE THAMES SEWAGE PUMP

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Throughout July and August we saw and experienced an overwhelming and resounding ‘No to the Thames Sewage Pump’. Whilst many responses went directly, SOLAR gathered and handed in over 7,500 postcards, all rejecting the TDRA scheme. . Alongside the postcards were countless letters and detailed rejections sent directly to Thames Water, demonstrates the depth of …

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SOLAR SUBMITS ITS RESPONSE TO THE STATUTORY CONSULTATION

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As Save Our Lands and River we submitted our official response to Thames Water’s Statutory Consultation on the Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) project – known to us as the Thames Sewage Pump. SOLAR’s detailed response outlines why this project must be stopped. TDRA is a poor-value, ecologically damaging scheme that ignores greener, more sustainable …

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