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Leigh Brook: The Most Polluted Stream in the River Mole Catchment?
Extremely high phosphate and ammoniacal nitrogen levels mean that Leigh Brook is probably the most polluted stream in the Mole catchment.
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Sep 17, 202416 min read


August Pollution Test Results: River Mole shows some improvement over July spike but Water Quality is still Poor
Welcome to our August round-up of test results for the River Mole. Here are a few pictures from our citizen scientists taken on test day...
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Aug 31, 20249 min read


River Mole E. Coli Levels: Our first look at Bacterial Risks Across the Catchment
Summary: In an ambitious effort to assess water quality across the River Mole catchment, teams from River Mole River Watch, the Wey...
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Aug 24, 20248 min read


Ofwat data reveals many failing Thames Water assets in the River Mole catchment
The recent Ofwat report proposes a £104 million fine on Thames Water for failing Urban Waste Water Treatment standards. The notice...
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Aug 16, 20245 min read


Something bad is happening to the River Mole: shocking increase in pollution levels across the catchment!
Shocking and unprecedented jump in River Mole pollution levels this month is of great concern for river wildlife health and people.
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Aug 1, 202410 min read


Rising pollution in the River Mole through early Summer, our tests reveal
Our water quality test results on the River Mole for June across the catchment show a disturbingly marked increase in levels of...
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Jul 23, 20249 min read


May test results show River Mole entering period of damaging poor water quality
Our citizen science volunteers, with the help of several newly trained recruits, were out testing in the last weekend of May across the...
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Jun 4, 20245 min read


River Mole News: Exciting New Testing Roll-Out and a Sharp Deterioration in water quality from April pollution test results!
Our wonderful citizen scientists were out monitoring water quality at all of our test sites across the River Mole catchment over the last...
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May 6, 20248 min read


Celebrating success and new plans, projects and partnerships this year: Our AGM.
Our first Annual General Meeting last weekend reviewed the remarkable progress we have made in River Mole River Watch over the last 12...
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Apr 25, 20246 min read


March test results for the River Mole catchment
March was another wet month with 110mm of rain falling in the River Mole catchment. This is over 200% of the long term average rainfall...
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Apr 5, 20244 min read


Volunteers - we need you!
It's our first River Mole River Watch AGM on Saturday 20 April 2024. Following our Annual General Meeting and a review of the year we are...
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Mar 21, 20241 min read


February River Mole pollution data is in!
Our fantastic River Mole River Watch citizen scientists were out collecting data on the River Mole over the final weekend in February....
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Feb 29, 20245 min read


RMRW Annual General Meeting - 20th April 2024
River Mole River Watch Annual General Meeting Saturday 20th April, 9.45-1pm The Friends Meeting House, Butter Hill, Dorking, RH4 2LE...
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Feb 26, 20241 min read


January River Mole pollution data is in!
Here are the January pollution test results carried out by our fantastic River Mole River Watch citizen scientists. First off, above are...
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Feb 2, 20244 min read


December pollution data is in!
Here are the pollution results for December 2023. Our fabulous River Mole River Watch citizen scientists collected data across the entire...
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Jan 8, 20242 min read


November River Mole pollution data is out!
River Mole November pollution data is out! Things are getting complicated as more rainfall reduces Phosphate levels despite storm...
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Dec 7, 20231 min read


Celebration & Review - the first six months, event 16th November 2023
We had a brilliant evening with our citizen scientists, they are the backbone of our organisation and we couldn't do what we do without...
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Nov 24, 20231 min read


October Test results are in!
River Mole River Watch October pollution test results are in! Overall catchment phosphate levels were down due to dilution in higher...
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Nov 8, 20231 min read


River Mole September Health Check!
September pollution test results from River Mole citizen scientists are in (sorry for delay posting here)! Phosphate levels are somewhat...
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Oct 10, 20232 min read


Engaging with helpful farmers
Today, Nigel and I had the great pleasure of meeting Hugh Broom a farmer near Dorking and Ed Baker, the Catchment Sensitive Farming...
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Oct 9, 20231 min read
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