I recently gave oral evidence at the Environmental Audit Committee formal meeting regarding National Highways and Environmental Sustainability. The remit of this Committee of MPs is to consider the extent to which the policies and programmes of government departments and non-departmental public bodies contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development, and to audit their performance […]
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Our Director of Operations, Jo Bradley, was pleased to be invited to visit the construction site of the A417 Missing Link Road near Gloucester in August, along with members of the of the Upper Thames Catchment Partnership. We were welcomed by Carolyn Ferguson of Kier Transportation, and she delivered a very interesting presentation about the
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Please take a few minutes to read our 2025 Summer Newsletter. It gives you an update on some of the work that we have been doing in the last few months; it gives you some top-tips for keeping your garden alive in the drought, and it responds to recent statements from government about pollution control.
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There was an article in the Guardian newspaper on July 19th 2025 that brought some hope to the team at Stormwater Shepherds. The article explained that “The commitment by Steve Reed, the environment secretary, aims to highlight that, while sewage spills into waterways are a significant source of public concern, runoff from farms and roads
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Our Director of Operations, Jo Bradley, was lucky enough to join some of her friends and industry colleagues on a tour of the SuDS (sustainable drainage schemes) in Bristol in the sunshine recently. They all visited the floating wetlands in Bristol Harbour to see for themselves what a fabulous habitat for wildlife they have created.
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We’ve had a dry start to the year in Lancashire, but towards the end of May, the rain returned, and the Stormwater Shepherds team were out taking samples of highway runoff in several places. We got some good samples that have helped us to maintain the pressure on the Environment Agency and National Highways to
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Stormwater Shepherds UK feature in the report on ENDS report TV entitled ‘DEAD IN THE WATER: The chemical cocktails killing our rivers – and the emerging threats to be aware of’. Jo Bradley was pleased to be asked to take part in filming as part of a new END Report TV item about urban pollution
In March we spent some time out on site in Walton le Dale with a friend from United Utilities, looking at pollution from surface water outfalls. Along a short stretch of the River Ribble and the River Darwen we found multiple polluting discharges, even though this is a small area. There are; 🫧 water company
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Our friends at the ENDS Report submitted a Freedom of Information request to National Highways in March 2025 to ask for the locations of their outfalls that are at high-risk of causing pollution. The team at ENDS then analysed the results and found that over 250 of these high-risk outfalls are within 500 metres of
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If you happen to be in Manchester this summer, take a little time to go and appreciate the National Trust Castlefield Viaduct. The viaduct has been described as a Victorian-era steel viaduct transformed into a green ‘sky garden’ in the heart of Manchester. For many years, local people and organisations have worked to find a
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