Monday 25 April 2022

Wealdstone Brook campaigners call on Barry Gardiner MP to pressure agencies for urgent action to solve the pollution problem

 

Alicia Close on April 1st 2022

With frustration mounting over the lack of action by the appropriate agencies over toxic sewage contamination in the Wealdstone Brook a call has been made to Brent North MP  Barry Gardiner for support.


Dear Mr Gardiner,

We support all parks groups in Brent as part of the London and National Friends of Parks organisations.  We are supported by Mayoral funded Parks for London who advise and train London Councils and parks departments.  

We have joined the Brent and Harrow Rivers Alliance which was formed out of Harrow Parks biodiversity management groups and Brent Friends of Wealdstone Brook and Friends of Woodcock Park. 

We all call upon you to support the need for action from the Environment Agency, Thames Water and Brent Council to rectify this consistent river pollution issue that is in its 10th week and getting worse due to lack of causation tracking in a logical manner, based upon previous incidents at this time of the year (last year).   The Thames Water officer in charge is new and has been finding some difficulty in coordinating action, unlike previous years. There seemed to be a lack of staff, willingness to fund solutions and the result is more funds are now needed to reach a solution that returns the Brook to at least what is was 11 weeks ago.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Brent Parks Forum 
 

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