In the Chiltern Hills and Berkshire Downs, almost 200 communities and 70,000 properties are at risk of groundwater flooding. Due to groundwater flooding typically affecting small rural communities, it can be hard for people to support one another. It also means that groundwater flooding often fails to qualify for flood management funding.
Hazel spent a year learning butterfly, bird and plants identification and survey methodology with the 'Tracking the Impact' project.
Calling for urgent action to protect Buckinghamshire’s rivers and chalk streams, the report’s key conclusions include that the water industry is the single biggest contributor towards poor water quality in the region.
The Chilterns Chalk Streams Project has published a major report reviewing its achievements and progress over the last 25 years.
The Chilterns Chalk Streams project now has it’s own dedicated website! In 2022, the Chiltern Chalk Streams project celebrates 25 years of this partnership set up to protect and enhance the precious and valuable chalk streams habitats of the Chilterns. The project has grown from a staff team of 1 to 7, and is...
Watch again: Professor Kate Heppell of the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project on ITV Meridian News at Ewelme Brook.
