Скачать или смотреть Milton Creek Citizen Science - water quality testing. "It's off the scale!"

‘What’s in the Creek?’ was our year-long Citizen Science project that charted the water quality of Milton Creek.

Like so many other rivers and waterways across the country the findings are GRIM. Bacterial levels are so high that it's way beyond swimming levels or recreational levels - even to the point of being dangerous for anyone to be in the water in a small craft.

The research, funded by the DS Smith paper mill, tested water quality at three different spots on the Creek – at Lloyd’s Wharf, outside Southern Water’s sewage treatment works half-way down the creek, and underneath Swale Bridge. A team of volunteers, led by Raybel Charters director Chris, collected samples from the Creek once a month between January 2023 and January 2024.

We're now bidding for further funds to support a second phase of work to implement some nature-based solutions to help clean it up.