Clean Up River Brent

LBC’s James O’Brien interviews Jim Waterson about his investigation into the seven housing blocks discharging sewage straight into the Rivers Brent and Crane. Jim’s investigation was triggered by a series of FoI requests carried out by Clean Up the River Brent (CURB) and Friends of the River Crane Environment (Force) which first exposed the problem.

Clean Up the River Brent (CURB) has produced a new factsheet giving details of the Brent Monitoring project. (See earlier article for the background.) The factsheet can be downloaded here.

Report from the Climate Show with Tom Heap.

Report on Tortoise Media.

Citizen scientists from Ealing and Hanwell have devised a system for monitoring pollution in rivers. The devices were developed by members of the Clean Up the River Brent campaign (CURB) and are being deployed along the River Brent with the support of the Environment Agency (EA). The Brent is afflicted with poor sewerage infrastructure, runoff […]

Mel Giedroyc (inset) weighed in with clean-up volunteers in Queensbury Road (Image: LAGER Can) Report in Ealing Times.

Report in Ealing News.