Better Soils project
Soil health is really important for a healthy river. A healthy soil will absorb more rainwater and filter it slowly into a watercourse. At Welsh Dee Trust, supporting farms to trial new techniques which can…
Empty your septic tank and get a discount when you ‘do it for the Dee’!
Many properties in the Dee catchment are not connected to the public sewer network and are instead serviced by private sewerage systems such as septic tanks, package sewage treatment plants and cesspits. These can cause…
Big Give Green Match Fund – Double your donation!
We’re very excited that Welsh Dee Trust has been selected to participate in the Big Give Green Match Fund. Donations to our It Shouldn’t Be In The Dee programme will be generously doubled by The…
Grant for pond creation in the English Dee
We have grant funding available for landowners to create new ponds. The criteria for grants: The grant is a flat payment of £300 for each pond created. Once an agreement has been signed, the landowner…
Sewer overflows: what’s the latest legislation?
Sewer overflows are the release valves for the sewerage system. When sewage treatment works cannot keep up with the amount of sewage entering them, the raw untreated sewage is discharged via sewer overflows into the…
Our response to Water Resources Management Plan consultations
Like many rivers across the UK, abstraction (taking water out of rivers for drinking and other uses) is damaging the environment of the River Dee. Ensuring there is enough water for abstraction during the summer…
Welsh Dee Trust Strategy 2023-2027
We are excited to launch our 2023-2027 Strategy document, setting out the overall direction of the Trust for the next five years. The next five years are critical to the health of the River Dee…
It’s all over October! – Insights from our intern, Hannah
And in the blink of an eye, 5 months is over! This final month, in preparation for the end of my internship and the 6 weeks our Community Engagement Officer, Maddy, is away for over…
River Dee regulation, unnatural flows and its impact on the Dee and Llyn Tegid SAC
This week, Welsh Dee Trust has released a new report which sets out the three key impacts to wildlife from the Dee Regulation Scheme. We believe the scheme, which ensures the river can provide water…
Press release: River Dee citizen science pollution monitoring
Local charity seeks new ‘citizen scientists’ in fight to tackle pollution in the Dee Earlier this year, local environmental charity Welsh Dee Trust launched a citizen science scheme to identify sources of pollution in tributaries…
