Thank you to the 33,795 people who signed the Change.org petition to stop the Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) scheme. That show of public support has been instrumental in getting us to where we are today. We now need to take the next step : 👉 The official UK Government petition is now live — …
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On 7 March 2026 Save Our Lands and River, sent a letter to Anna Burns, Area Director at the Thames Environment Agency. The letter addressed urgent concerns about the technical viability of the Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) scheme in light of the newly published PFAS UK Plan and its implications for water quality standards. …
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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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/
Sarah Olney, Member of Parliament for Richmond Park, has issued a public letter setting out her objection to Thames Water’s proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) scheme. In her recently published letter, the local MP voiced her support for local residents and environmental groups, calling for the project to be reconsidered and for alternative solutions …
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We welcomed hundreds of people to our Show of Hands event on 28th June. All of them increasingly appalled by the Thames Water proposals. We had lots of questions, which we thought we would capture here for general circulation The size of the abstraction facility Some people were not really sure how big the abstraction …
We now have the dates for Thames Water’s statutory consultation. Thames Water’s communications suggest you need to register to attend however this is an open consultation that mean anyone can attend without any registration. We would encourage as many people to attend and give your feedback on the proposals. We want to make sure we …
THAMES WATER STATUTORY CONSULTATION DATES CONFIRMED Read More »
With the change in government in place, Save Our Land and River have written to the new Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to raise awareness of our concerns and opposition to the Teddington DRA scheme. In the letter, which you can read a copy of of here we bring to the …
