something to sign

[Jason Bean]

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/southern-water-abstraction-of-rivers-test-and-itchen

its battles like this angling cannot afford to loose.......thing is there is so much of this going on that we have little idea is going on.

and there is still the first one if you haven't already signed it......https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/river-itchen-urgent-pollution-appeal
it's being listened to higher up, it's just a shame this only gets 7k when the otter one has got over 10k

 

[Greg Buxton]

With the increase in UK population and the desperate need for more homes, it is very important to hold the Water Companies, EA and the Government to account on this. Where is all the drinking water going to come from and the sewerage going to go? Otter's will not be able to eat fish if there's no water in the rivers! A combination of Water company money/profits and tax payers money, will be required to build the infrastructure to ensure that there is a sustainable water supply and sewage disposal system, that doesn't decimate our rivers over the next 20 years.

 

[Craig Wood]

Signed Jason. I can only hope after the latest Otter petition that anglers finally realise we have to take another approach and make our government and its Agency's , answer to the law , which they are breaking..

 

[Joe Fletcher]

Signed

 

[Dave Collins]

Signed

 

[Paul Whiteing]

Signed

 

[Howard Cooke]

Me too.

 

[Richard Parsons]

Signed already via a FB link - however I also implore all to sign. This issue is bigger, IMO, than the 'other' current issue, as are the use of neonic pesticides.

 

[Dave Taylor]

Signed.

 

[Derek Funcks]

Signed.

 

[Garry Howell]

Signed

 

[Mike Thompson]

Signed

 

[Frank Savill]

Signed

 

[Roger Cramer]

Signed

 

[Anthony Pearson]

Joined-up thinking is required and huge investment....which appears to rule out any party who wishes to get in/remain in government. I suggested a few years ago that a huge water main could be constructed under the HS2 routes to carry water to the Greater London area. Obviously there would need to be pipelines from the Welsh mountains and perhaps the north east (Kielder?) to feed into these. This is of course if we want to maintain our capital as the focus of everything that is deemed to be of importance to the country. With global warming and population growth seemingly inevitable, it would be prudent to at least begin to address the situation as a matter of some urgency. Oh, if anyone thinks this is scaremongering or an over-reaction, I live in West Yorkshire and you may recall that Yorkshire Water's supplies ran out in some areas in 1995 (despite being fed by the rivers from the Pennines) and had to be brought in by tanker!!!

Signed.

 

[Dave Powell]

Signed.

There's always de-salination Anthony. With rising sea levels there's no shortage of water.

Dave

 

[Anthony Pearson]

I thought the costs are prohibitive i.e. energy consuming?

 

[Steve Banham]

Signed

 

[Tom Casey]

signed

 

[Dave Powell]

I thought the costs are prohibitive i.e. energy consuming?

They're not short of a few bob. Not sure pipelines are the answer as there's no guarantee that the Welsh mountains and/or the north will always have abundant supplies