Phosphate Monitoring: ARK - Action for the River Kennet

Projects

Introduction
Current
Hungerford Housing Development
River Basin Managment Plans
Cooper's Meadow
River fly monitoring
Crayfish campaign
Abstraction at Axford
Chalkstream Restoration
Realigning the River
Archive
Stand up for the Kennet!
Land Management
Marlborough College Projects
Tottenham House
Phosphate Monitoring
Rehabilitation Project
Rubble Removal
St Johns School

These projects aim to restore the clarity of the river and enhance its value to wildlife and as a recreational fishery.

Contact: info@riverkennet.org

After sustained campaigning by ARK, Thames Water installed phosphate removal at the Marlborough Sewage Treatment Works in 1997. This reduced the phosphorus content of the effluent by 75%. Phosphate removal plants have recently been commissioned at the Fyfield and Ramsbury Sewage Treatment Works.

Researchers at CEH, Wallingford have been studying the impact of phosphate removal. An article on their latest research is here (March 2010) is here.

Dry River Kennet