BVFoE members have made the decision to focus on the water quality and environment in the Blackwater River and associated rivers and streams such as the Whitewater, the Hart and Cove Brook.
This is the 14th month of testing the Rivers Blackwater, Hart and Whitewater and the 2nd month of entering data with the Water Rangers. BVAR now have a steering group and a draft constitution. Volunteers are learning to use more complex equipment and working out how to enter the data onto the Water Rangers site. […]
Results of River Fly testing at Aldershot Park. Several mayfly larva.
picture of Crondall pond the source of the River Hart with Water
A frosted oak leaf summing up the cold winter weekend.
This is month 8 of water testing. More detail on the locations tested on the Rivers Blackwater, Hart, Whitewater and Cove Brook can be seen here on the Freshwater Watch Site. Scroll down and wait to see the map of locations. Cove Brook (Cove Brook is a tributary to the River Blackwater and rises in […]
The logo for Blackwater Valley action for Rivers.
This is month 5 for testing the sites of the rivers in the Blackwater Valley. To get further details of the data please visit https://www.freshwaterwatch.org/pages/bbb6188c5aa34bb5a7bbb4fd93299346 The featured image map with all the red markers does indicate that most river sites are in poor health with a few exceptions. Noteworthy observation from the water testers: This […]
Water testing volunteers sent these pictures to the What’s App group. A few images that record the water testing event, for the last weekend of August 2025, for the Rivers Hart and Blackwater and Cove Brook. Thank you for the pictures. It was sad to hear that the invasive species of Signal Crayfish were found […]
This weekend around 20 volunteers surveyed 23 sites on the waterways in the Blackwater Valley for nitrates and phosphates and also took a turgidity test. This is an amazing accomplishment to get this all together. The surveys are going to be repeated every month for the next few months. The data is uploaded onto the […]
Water is life. Without it we, all of the creatures and plants we share the planet with, can’t survive. It’s almost impossible to have missed all the media coverage lately about the sewage in our rivers, but it’s not the only problem. Shockingly in 2020, no river in England or Wales was classed as being […]