Since its inception there have been concerns about the impact of HS2 on the Chilterns landscape. While the destruction of ancient woodlands made headlines, there has been less media attention on the impact on local rivers and particularly on the chalk aquifer.
The Chiltern Society & Chilterns Conservation Board receive grant of £294,000 from the government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund. The Chiltern Society and the Chilterns Conservation Board’s project: “Chalk Streams and wetland meadows: guarding the irreplaceable for people and nature” has been awarded a grant from the government’s £40 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund.# The grant...
Chalk Streams across the Chilterns are springing back to life after one of the most severe droughts on record.
On 27th September, World Rivers Day, Affinity Water, which provides water to homes and businesses throughout the central and northern Chilterns, announced that it had voluntarily switched off its groundwater pumping stations in the upper Chess catchment to better sustain flows in the river. The move follows years of investigation, trials, and collaborative efforts by...
