23rd April 2025
Reforming water management in the UK is vital for addressing the challenges of water pollution and the threat to our environment. The Independent Water Commission’s recent Call for Evidence was... https://earthwatch.org.uk/reforming-water-management-earthwatch-responds-to-independent-water-commissions-call-for-evidence/ Read more
27th March 2025
The Environment Agency has published its Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) data for 2024 showing the frequency and duration of spills from storm overflows in England. We break down what this means... https://earthwatch.org.uk/uk-river-pollution-new-sewage-data/ Read more
25th March 2025
A ground-breaking new report from Earthwatch Europe has confirmed that harmful chemicals from road runoff, particularly from tyres, are entering UK rivers and potentially causing serious environmental harm. This innovative... https://earthwatch.org.uk/new-report-widespread-toxic-tyre-pollution-harmful-to-all-life-is-entering-uk-rivers/ Read more
23rd October 2024
Thousands of volunteer citizen scientists across the UK braved the wettest weekend of the year, 20-23 September, to test their local rivers as part of the second Great UK WaterBlitz.... https://earthwatch.org.uk/great-uk-waterblitz-finds-cocktail-of-chemicals-found-in-uk-rivers/ Read more
25th June 2024
Earthwatch Europe publishes its report from the Great UK WaterBlitz, the UK’s largest citizen science water quality testing event, and calls for a national freshwater strategy. The results of the... https://earthwatch.org.uk/great-uk-waterblitz-finds-rivers-in-poor-ecological-health/ Read more
7th November 2022
From 30 September – 3 October 2022, Earthwatch Europe encouraged their existing FreshWater Watch community groups to take part in a global water monitoring event, creating a unique snapshot of freshwater health across... https://earthwatch.org.uk/earthwatch-publishes-results-of-the-big-waterblitz-2022/ Read more
25th August 2022
Tate & Lyle has entered into the next phase of its sustainability programme for stevia, a plant-derived and in-demand low-calorie sweetener, by enrolling new farmers in China. https://earthwatch.org.uk/tate-lyle-expands-its-sustainable-stevia-programme-with-earthwatch/ Read more
11th August 2022
Earthwatch researchers have led on the publication of a new paper entitled Drivers of public plastic (mis)use New insights from changes in single-use plastic usage during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study... https://earthwatch.org.uk/earthwatch-researchers-present-new-paper-on-the-impact-of-single-use-plastic-usage-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/ Read more
8th June 2022
Earthwatch’s FreshWater Watch project is aiming for even greater impact with a new citizen science data platform, more community groups and a new calendar of WaterBlitz events. The new FreshWater... https://earthwatch.org.uk/earthwatch-celebrates-new-tools-and-reach-to-help-tackle-freshwater-pollution-around-the-globe/ Read more
16th March 2022
The Evenlode river in Oxfordshire, like many waterways across the UK, has been impacted by sewage and agricultural pollution over decades. Once clear, the waters are now often murky and,... https://earthwatch.org.uk/new-scientist-features-freshwater-watch-s-thames-water-partnership-in-the-evenlode-202203161052/ Read more
24th February 2022
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25th October 2021
The River Evenlode winds its way through some of the Cotswold’s most picturesque scenery and is a popular place for both residents and tourists to spend time beside. Children used... https://earthwatch.org.uk/evenlode/ Read more
25th October 2021
Measurements collected by more than 460 volunteers in England and the Netherlands shine a light on the poor state of our rivers compared to European counterparts, according to a report published... https://earthwatch.org.uk/wb2021/ Read more
14th October 2021
Catchment Systems Thinking Cooperative (CaSTCo.) is one of nine winners of Ofwats inaugural Water Breakthrough Challenge, and will share in £36 million to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the... https://earthwatch.org.uk/earthwatch-europe-collaboration-wins-7-1m-in-water-breakthrough-challenge/ Read more
28th September 2021
This week, Earthwatch celebrates an incredible milestone, with 30,000 datasets submitted by citizen scientists to its FreshWater Watch database from freshwater bodies around the world. https://earthwatch.org.uk/earthwatch-europe-pledges-to-use-citizen-science-to-improve-rivers-and-lakes/ Read moreCopyright 2025. All Rights Reserved