SOLAR UPDATE MAY 2025

Our May 2025 update with news on SOLAR events and activities is now available to read and review online by clicking here. We are looking for people to get involved in the campaign, visit our Join Us Page for more information.

THE THAMES IN TEDDINGTON

We are pleased to let people know that on Monday 16th June, between 7&9pm, the Teddington Society, in collaboration with the Lensbury Club are arranging an event to help local people appreciate the issues and understanding the threats and pressures on the Thames. There will be presentations from local river groups with Q&A on Thames …

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LOCAL ART STUDENTS STAND UP AGAINST THAMES WATER

Art students from Richmond upon Thames College join Sir Steve Redgrave’s recent call for Thames Water to stop plans to pump treated sewage into the River Thames. Their winning design, a permanent piece of art, was unveiled on Thursday 27 March outside The Anglers Pub in Teddington by the local MP, Munira Wilson (Twickenham).  ‘Withering Time’ …

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MARCH FOR CLEAN WATER

SOLAR’s involvement in November’s March for Clean Water in Central London was highlighted in the recent Ham and Petersham Magazine. At the march, thousands of people gathered on the embankment and walked to Parliament Square to call for the (new) Government to step in to provide stronger regulation and guidelines on what a environmentally, sustainable …

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Solar writes to Steve Reed

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 …

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

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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