Some of the volunteer 'samplers' at Imperial College Training Session
Teams of volunteers have been anxiously watching for rain during this dry period - not for the allotment or garden, but to get started on one on the biggest hands-on outdoor citizenship science projects of its kind.
The Brent River Run-off project is a partnership between CURB (Clean Up the River Brent), Brent Catchment Partnership (Thames 21) and Imperial College.
The project needs heavy rain to cause 'run-off' from roads and other pollution sources into the River Brent, Mutton Brook, Silk Stream, Wembley Brook, Wealdstone Brook and other tributaries. Volunteers will be positioned along the waters to dip buckets ino the water to take samples, preferably before, during and after the rains.
These will be transferred into bottles, labelled and taken to local freezers before being collected by Imperial College for analysis in their highly advanced labs.
At present it looks as if the rains may come at dawn tomorrow so look out for volunteers in high viz dangling buckets from bridges and footways as you go off to work or enjoy your breakfast.
Volunteers will be positioned all the way from Edgware to Brentford where the Brent joins the Thames.
7 comments:
brilliant endeavour
Seconded. It's the Great Western Tower Cities green-blue linear park. Look how the Westbourne was transformed into the Serpentine C18.
PM needs to tell the Canal and River Trust that this is the last place it should be selling land. Car-free towers packed in need high quality green-blue space near home and to new global mega city scale.
Place or non-place? Wellbeing or distress?
The River Lea's transformation East London over the last 25 years linked to developer speculative towers, so why not major invest in the River Brent over the next 25 years? The Mayor and GLA would need to wake up to the Great Western Tower Hundreds City already building first. River walk, river park, lakes, cycle route, all cared about and high quality.....
Great. I hope the sampling throws up important info so funds are found for a real clear up. It would be nice to have a clean and clear river running through Brent
Agree: Gentle Brent, I used to know you
Wandering Wembley-wards at will,
Now what change your waters show you
In the meadowlands you fill!
Recollect the elm-trees misty
And the footpaths climbing twisty
Under cedar-shaded palings,
Low laburnum-leaned-on railings
Out of Northolt on and upward to the heights of Harrow Hill.
Sir John Betjeman
Regarding transport for car-free housing consumers. The two new active travel bridges investments in Chiswick area count for government as being public transport investments. People being able to direct walk or cycle over rail and river is transport infrastructure.
Maybe Brent should pick up the phone to active travel investing boroughs regarding new car-free towers Wembley City, Wembley Park, Harlesden City actual future transport needs and ways to side- step increasing congestion when car-free housing towering. It costs, but what's the cost of car only investment in such car-free towering zones?
Thank you Team Bucket ! 2 more projects kicked off this week, inc. Flood alleviation at Lindsay Drive - proximate to 3 local schools walking routes. Great partnership between the EA John of Brookway Project, Pollinator Garden, and his support on the FoWealdstone Brook ! All your work John, in awe. Brent Parks Forum
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