Silt in Hazel Brook
Silt in the Hazel Brook is still an issue. The Trym is clear, but the brook is milky, reports Peter Coleman-Smith
Silt in the Hazel Brook is still an issue. The Trym is clear, but the brook is milky, reports Peter Coleman-Smith
Bristol City Council debated a motion at their Full Council meeting “Save our rivers, stopping the sewage scandal”. The motion passed with support from Lib Dems, Greens and Labour.
Peter Coleman-Smith and new volunteer Kai Chapman have been busy riverfly sampling.
Riverfly sampling in the Hazel Brook in Blaise Castle Estate, in Badock’s Wood and at Coombe Dingle has taken place in recently.
Broad-leaved pondweed in the top end of the Blaise Estate stretch of the Hazel Brook.
Through an undergraduate project with Trout in the Trym, Bristol University Geography students have investigated microplastics in the Trym.
Wessex Water have confirmed they completed the North Bristol Relief Sewer in 2023, providing over 30,000m3 of underground storage.
Yesterday, as part of the regular monitoring programme, there was a huge improvement in the riverfly count in Coombe Dingle.
A group of second year students has produced a report about pollution from road runoff in the River Trym.