Blogs to browse - written by the ERA steering group, members and guests
How’s the Rother doing?
The Western Sussex Rivers Trust (WSRT) has recently been sharing some analysis of the 2026 data from the River Guardians Water Testing programme which we thought would interest our members so here is an outline of some of those findings.
To swim or not to swim?
Given that the River Rother and its tributaries are a focus for much of our practical work, be that with Himalayan Balsam pulling or our E.coli testing of river water, it is inevitable that we regularly get asked if it is safe to swim in the Rother. We feel strongly that it is not our place to make that decision for you, but we can certainly help you by giving you all the information we have amassed.
Just what IS going on at Harting WTW?
All too often Harting is discharging untreated effluent (that is, untreated except for coming through filters for solids down to 6mm square, plus some amount of settlement that might occurs while this effluent is in the storm tank). That then goes into the very small Elstead Stream.
