Does your company fancy an environmental team bonding day? Do you live locally to Calne and would like to help out? Bristol Avon Rivers Trust are looking for volunteers for an exciting river restoration project on the River Marden in Calne, Wiltshire from the 19th-22nd & 25th-28th Jan. The Marden is suffering from many of…
BART are pleased to announce that we have received funding from the Environment Agency and Wessex Water to partially fund a river improvement project on the River Marden in Wiltshire. The Magnificent Marden Project is a community led, catchment wide project which uses the town of Calne as a focal point to reveal the wonders…
The last week of September was a busy one for us, with a full week of in-stream works for our SHRIMP (SHerston River IMProvement) Project. The aim of this project was to restore a section of river suffering from various problems caused by previous dredging and bank degradation by cattle. You can read more…
July saw the Environment Agency’s 2014 summary of pollution incidents published. They report a 11% decrease in serious pollution incidents overall in 2014 and in particular a substantial decrease in incidents caused by sewage treatment works. However, whilst water companies may be cleaning up their act, the report shows a 7% increase in serious pollution incidents affecting…
BART have completed a two year study of the By Brook catchment as part of a partnership project funded by the Environment Agency. The objectives of the project were to identify options which if pursued would lead towards the catchment meeting targets set within the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). The documents uploaded to…