Water Management its needs and balances have finally become a reality As far back as 2016 I’ve been highlighting the need for checks and balances in water resources across Cambridgeshire. You would have thought that the water companies would have reflected on this in the latest Water Resource management plans for 2025-2030.…
River Delph Low DO Management Since 2011 the River Delph has suffered with poor water quality following spring and summer flooding of the Ouse Washes. This complex issue, is a result of climatic change in rainfall events, but impeded by the siltation of the tidal river from Welches Dam through to King’s Lynn. Its History…
River Wensum Partnership Creation At the regional forum held in Norwich back in 2016, the agency formally announced it could no longer resource its commitment to the Wensum Fisheries Action Plan. This was something close to many long term Wensum anglers and came about through the formation of NACA a decade earlier, continued for decade.…
Fens Reservoir I represent the Angling Trust on Water Resources East on its advisory group and became invited to be part of the Fenland Partnership working group, led by Anglian Water as they scoped the form and location of the proposed Fenland Reservoir. Giving the need to assess the availability of water and in what…
Norfolk Broads Prymnesium The Environment Agency rescued over 700,000 fish from the Upper Thurne river catchment in the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads during March and April 2015. This is one of the largest fish rescue operations ever undertaken in the Agency.. With the passion of John Currie on this subject, it resulted in some ground…
Broads Salinity Modelling The Broads Angling Services Group has had a long established campaign on the potential treats from Climate Change and Salinity, these events have occurred for decades in winter months considing with storms and spring tides. In September 2022, the Broads suffered from one of the worst Saline incursions ever with over 1…
East Anglia Environment Agency Fisheries Review There is much in the media about the performance and resources available to the Environment Agency to perform their regulatory role in protecting the environment. This dossier looks specifically at the Fisheries function of the Agency and their ability to deliver any tangible outcomes supporting the Norfolk and Suffolk…
Hoveton Great Broad Campaign Back in 2012, I attended when I was a member of the Broads Authority, a conference hosted by the Authority on Lake Restoration. All the talk and presentations throughout the day was about how roach and bream are effectively impacting on this natural ecosystem. I remember standing up at the end…
Nenescape Outcomes In 2016 poaching become a significant issue in and around Peterborough on the river Nene. Both city and district councils couldn’t attract the funding to deal with what was becoming anti social behavior on the riverbanks. Kelvin approach the Building Bridges team to see whether we could jointly attract funding from the forming…
Water Management its needs and balances In July 2020 I presented a talk on Water Management, its needs and balances and how it is managed across our rivers and environment to the Chalk Aquifer Alliance. This zoom presentation lasted 90 minutes. Video