In Winter 2023 our volunteers set off to build a picture of how pollution entered the River Aire in Bradford and Craven. Their findings should give us grave cause for concern.
By looking at pipes discharging into the river in dry weather, we were able to identify polluting discharges that should not be happening.
Overall, our volunteers checked 660 outfalls! These were made up of:
In 2023, we walked under half of our catchment. We still have need to explore most of Leeds & many other urban areas.
Help to fund us to repeat this in 2024 with the Big Give Green Match Fund between 17 - 24 April 2024. Click on the image below to help us.
You can help in several ways:
Friends of the Dales
Friends of the Wilderness, Skipton
Cononley Wildlife Group
Friends of Silsden Beck
River Worth Friends
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Environment Group
Bradford Amateur Rowing Club
Funding for the work came from the public via a Big Give crowdfunder (which we are repeating this year - see the link in the image above), with further support from The Aire catchment Network..