2024 where has all this water crowfoot gone?
2017 plenty of healthy plants
“I want to fulfil my destiny, but I am not in a hurry. I want to see the lands and peoples and places along the way. I will be kind and bring them water, but if they abuse my gifts, I will rise up against them and show them my power.”
from Hafren: The Wisdom of the River Severn by Sarah Siân Chave
In the birthplace of Darwin, life that cannot live out of the water, is struggling to live in the water.
Raw sewage is regularly discharged into the River Severn in Shrewsbury and this, together with run off from agricultural pesticides, poultry farming waste, illegal dumping of chemicals and rubbish and a lack of proper Government regulation, is killing our beautiful river. Human health and wildlife are all being adversely affected.
Up Sewage Creek is a group set up by concerned locals to resist the devastation of our precious waterways and we campaign with our slogan
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“OUR WATER, OUR FUTURE”.
On Sunday 27th Up Sewage Creek, Shrewsbury, celebrated
World Rivers Day.
Over the Frankwell footbridge
Over the Frankwell footbridge 2.
We Are Seven being shown publicly for the first time.
Over the Frankwell footbridge
We were joined by Shrewsbury Green Party and by the XR Rhythm drummers. Our march took us from Frankwell car park and the poplar tree we planted to the Quarry where we were addressed by Councillor Kate Halliday who expressed her support for our Rights Of The River* campaign. Storyteller Milly Jackdaw also told us an inspirational tale about the origins of the River Severn.The day culminated in a film show and discussion at the Shrewsbury Unitarian Church. The film show featured the world premiere of our very own We Are Severn.
Please sign and share these petitions for Shrewsbury Town Council and Shropshire Council to adopt a Charter for The Rights of Severn* around Shrewsbury
https://www.change.org/The-Rights-of-Severn-around-Shrewsbury
https://www.change.org/charter-for-the-rights-of-the-river-severn-through-shropshire
We’ve got important events happening this autumn, see our events page for details.
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Please report any sewage spills you see to the
Environment Agency on 0800 80 70 60 (24 hour service). We would be very interested in hearing about any reports you have made via our contact form.