Thank you to everyone who attended our Weardale event.
Working hard with partners and local people in their communities, we are restoring and regenerating our natural environment, creating an even better place to live and work through our local actions.
Local Action is underway at Burnhope Reservoir and at the adjacent Water Treatment Works.
We recently completed a £2.6m project to enhance the drainage system and upgrade the pipe into the treatment works.
This work will protect the river levels in the Wear and make sure wildlife has constant access to water.
It will also mean we are better able to cope with population growth and more extreme weather due to climate change in the future.
We have also been improving Tunstall Reservoir. Last summer, we started a £2.7m programme of works to make sure the reservoir will be able to handle greater amounts of rainfall as a result of climate change.
Working with the Wear Rivers Trust we are removing destructive invasive species like Himalayan Balsam, Giant Hogweed and Japanese Knotweed at Stanhope Sewage Treatment Works.
Last year, we granted £15k to tackle invasives in Upper Weardale and contributed another £15k to the North East wide five-year plan, led by the Tyne Rivers Trust.
This year we are allocating a further £30k through the Branch Out Priority Habitat scheme to restore Beechburn Beck’s upper stretch, managing invasives and enhancing water quality. This project runs until March 2025.
Please get in touch to get involved and make a positive local impact!
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