Water Week

Water Week 2024 was held from Saturday 13th July to Saturday 20th July. We organised a number of events in the village during the week.

Click here for details.

We encouraged all our village community groups and residents to value water and protect freshwater habitats. Two public meetings were held. The first on Wednesday 17th July in Mt Hermon concerned managing water wisely with presentations by Yorkshire Water staff. Click here for a brief report.

The second event was held on Saturday 20th July with the title “The River Wharfe: its wonders and woes”. It involved an afternoon session of presentations and displays and an evening session of demonstrations, a walk and a film . Click here for see the full programme, and click here to see a summary report of the talks presented in the afternoon session.

Photographs from the event can be viewed at the foot of this page.

pdf copies of the individual PowerPoint presentations are also available as follows:

Charlotte Simons: The River Wharfe and its catchment (click here)

Jon Grey: Wild trout in the Wharfe: fish passage and habitat restoration (click here)

Richard Maxted: Fish pass at Low Mill Addingham (click here)

Rick Battarbee: Pollution problems in the Wharfe: a very brief introduction (click here)

Jane Dacombe and Tom Wait: Faecal bacteria in the River Wharfe and Cromwheel bathing water (click here)

Isabel Douterelo: Using DNA to identify pollution sources and improve the management of designated bathing waters (click here)

Alistair Boxall: Solving the problem of chemical pollution in Yorkshire’s rivers (click here)

For ideas and further information on:

1. Reducing the use of tap water, click here
2. Reducing surface water runoff, click here
3. Managing floodwater, click here
4. Improving water quality in our rivers and becks, click here