If you ask WATER’s Deputy Chair and Farming Lead, 40 year old John Mildmay-White, the answer seems to be, ten days. That’s how long it will take him to run from Coastguards Beach to Westminster Bridge in London, the equivalent of doing one and a half marathons every day. A typical west country spate river, the Erme…
Simon Rundle is an Emeritus Professor at Plymouth University specialising in marine biology and ecology. He generously agreed to help the WATER team with a series of field workshops using the Riverfly sampling and identification system.
WATER was invited by Ivybridge Library to participate in their summer Book Quest event to encourage book reading in primary-school-age children.
One man’s challenge in March 2026 The man is WATER’s Deputy Chair and Farming Lead, John Mildmay-White. John is on a mission to raise awareness of pollution in our rivers and to raise funds to support WATER’s work in restoring water quality and habitat across the Erme’s catchment. His 400 mile Ultramarathon will start at…
Following a pilot with Westcountry Rivers Trust CSIers earlier this year, the EA have advised that the new reporting service is live and available 24/7 with no access code needed. Anyone can report water pollution via Report an environmental problem – GOV.UK. They have also published a blog and have set up a Community Engagement HQ page which has more information about the online…
Following last November’s ‘Poor’ classification of bathing water quality at Coastguards Beach, WATER has been in discussions with both the Environment Agency and South West Water (at a senior level) to ensure the legal obligation to investigate, identify and resolve the pollution issues are being pursued with vigour.
WATER returned to the Ivybridge Watermark Centre this summer for our third annual public meeting. We were pleased to welcome a large number of people for whom this was their first time attending our annual event. The evening was in three parts. Following an overview of WATER by our Chair, Charlotte Grezo, team leaders from…
Children made up 16 of the 28 walkers who took part in a Coastal Walk fundraiser that offered a choice of two distances (for different age children). Both ended at the top of Burgh Island providing the added motivation of needing to get back across the beach before the tide came in.
Pat is passionate about teaching and finding ways for all of us as teachers to think together about the educational changes needed at this point in history.
WATER has set out to build a network of farmers in the Erme catchment who support our objective to restore water quality and wildlife habitat in the Erme valley.
Following the Environment Agency’s classification of bathing water quality as ‘Poor’ at Coastguards Beach, WATER has been meeting with the parties involved to ensure the required initial investigation of the type and source of the pollution is being vigorously pursued.