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News stories from 1995-2000

Last updated: April 13, 2006.

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Date

Title

Topic

River

Source

28 Dec 2000

Anglers promised beer to save salmon

Salmon

 

Ananova

24 Dec 2000

Vaz "covered up Ilisu Dam"

Dams

 

Daily Telegraph

23 Dec 2000

London needs charter for water safety

Recreation

 

Ananova

21 Dec 2000

MPs slam floodplain developments

Development

 

House of Commons press release

14 Dec 2000

50,000 Chinese to be relocated for Yangtze Dam

Dams

 

Ananova

10 Dec 2000

122 nations ban toxic chemicals:

Pollution and water quality

 

Ananova

8 Dec 2000

New plans to cut lead in drinking Water

Pollution and water quality

 

Ananova

7 Dec 2000

Alarm at thinning of polar ice

Climate change

 

Ananova

4 Dec 2000

Bathing waters "cleaner than ever"

Telegraph version of same story

Pollution and water quality

Beaches

Ananova

Daily Telegraph

27 Nov 2000

Irish fisheries police attacked by poachers:

Fisheries

 

Ananova

25 Nov 2000

Petrol spill closes port of Dublin

Pollution and water quality

Liffey

Ananova

25 Nov 2000

Climate talks collapse without agreement!

Britain Blamed

John Prescott humiliated

Dismay at climate summit failure

Climate change

 

Ananova

Ananova

Daily telegraph

BBC News

23 Nov 2000

Scotland debates salmon bill

Salmon

 

BBC news

22 Nov 2000

South East prepares for more flooding

Flooding

 

Yahoo news

21 Nov 2000

Rich wrangle over climate, poor feel ignored

Climate change

 

Yahoo news

21 Nov 2000

Prescott tells world climate conference about UK flooding

Climate change

 

Ananova

19 Nov 2000

Prescott warns of freak weather future

Climate change

 

Ananova

19 Nov 2000

Hot and bothered

Climate change

 

E magazine

16 Nov 2000

The great dam scam

Dams

 

New Scientist

16 Nov 2000

World Commission slams dams

Dams

 

Yahoo news

16 Nov 2000

Scottish Salmon industry appeals for help

Salmon

 

BBC News

11 Nov 2000

Flooding may last till April

Flooding

 

Yahoo news

11 Nov 2000

Flooding may last till April

Flooding

 

Ananova

10 Nov 2000

Flood protection au naturel

Flooding

 

WWF press release

10 Nov 2000

Natural solutions are the best way to prevent floods

Flooding

 

Ananova

10 Nov 2000

Millions announced for Welsh flood protection

Flooding

 

BBC News

9 Nov 2000

Short inquiry into development on or affecting flood plains

Flooding

 

House of Commons Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Select Committee press release

9 Nov 2000

Farming blamed for rising rivers

Flooding

 

Daily Telegraph

9 Nov 2000

Dormant springs threaten Britain

Flooding

 

Daily Telegraph

9 Nov 2000

Bypass acting like a dam

Roads

Rother

Daily Telegraph

2 Nov 2000

Europe told there is no choice but to adapt

Climate change

 

Guardian

1 Nov 2000

Everyone needs protecting

Pollution and water quality

 

Surf Magic

28 Oct 2000

Flood alert as rivers burst banks

Flooding

 

Ananova

28 Oct 2000

Flooding delays 1500 mile swim in polluted river

Pollution and water quality

 

Ananova

23 Oct 2000

Welsh companies fined for river pollution

Pollution and water quality

Dee

Ananova

18 Oct 2000

River restocked after pollution kills 100,000 fish

Pollution and water quality

Afon Syfynwy

Ananova

13 Oct 2000

More homes for flooded areas

Development

 

Ananova

13 Oct 2000

Flooding shows urgent need for climate change action

Climate change

 

Ananova

10 Oct 2000

Emergency services stretched as floods devastate homes

Flooding

 

Ananova

10 Oct 2000

Floods hit south with more rain on way

Flooding

 

Ananova

9 Oct 2000

Swimmer to spend two months in polluted river

Pollution and water quality

 

Ananova

29 Sep 2000

Tin mine expected to flood into river

Pollution and water quality

Red

Ananova

26 Sep 2000

'Derisory fines fail to deter polluters'

Pollution and water quality

 

Environment Agency

15 Sep 2000

UK rivers cleaner than ever?

Pollution and water quality

 

The Guardian

15 Sep 2000

Seabirds threatened by River Arun oil leak

Pollution and water quality

Arun

Ananova

15 Sep 2000

Raft of new flooding measures are tested: 

Flooding

 

Ananova

14 Sep 2000

Scottish Executive moves to save salmon

Salmon

 

Ananova

29 Aug 2000

Agency takes emergency action after river pollution spill

Pollution and water quality

Dart

Ananova

29 Aug 2000

Water scare hits top Army training camp

Pollution and water quality

 

Ananova

29 Aug 2000

Agency takes emergency action after river pollution spill

Pollution and water quality

 

Ananova

28 Aug 2000

£61.5m upgrade for sewage treatment

Pollution and water quality

 

Ananova

27 Aug 2000

Scotland moves to stop 'killer fungus' creeping over the border

Habitats and species

Dee (Scotland)

Daily Telegraph

25 Aug 2000

Sheep dip spill kills crayfish

Pollution and water quality

Mill Beck

Ananova

16 Aug 2000

Cow causes stir when it falls in river

   

Ananova

14 Aug 2000

Royal salmon to be guarded by helicopter

Salmon

 

Daily Telegraph

03 Aug 2000

Thousands of fish die in wave of pollution

Pollution and water quality

Dee (Wales)

Daily Telegraph

03 Aug 2000

Thousands of fish die in wave of pollution

Pollution and water quality

Dee (Wales)

Daily Telegraph

01 Aug 2000

Fish killed in River Dee pollution

Pollution and water quality

Dee (Wales)

Daily Telegraph

19 Jul 2000

Yangtze dam 'a disaster'

Dams

Yangtze

Daily Telegraph

15 Jul 2000

Asian clam threatens Britain's river life

Alien species

 

Daily Telegraph

28 Jun 2000

Fish farms 'devastate' wild stocks

Fisheries

 

BBC News Online

06 Jun 2000

Flood-hit North counts the cost as rivers subside

Flooding

 

Daily Telegraph

06 Jun 2000

Salmon escapes prompt calls for more farm curbs

Salmon

 

Daily Telegraph

05 Jun 2000

800 homes flooded in record downpour

Flooding

 

Daily Telegraph

01 Jun 2000

Dams 'less green than coal plants'

Dams

 

Daily Telegraph

31 May 2000

Atlantic salmon in short supply

Salmon

 

BBC News Online

31 May 2000

WWF calls for action to save the wild salmon

Fisheries

 

WWF Press Release

29 May 2000

Floods swamp Bank Holiday weekend

Flooding

 

Daily Telegraph

04 May 2000

Plan to let ramblers roam the riverbanks 'could endanger fish'

Recreation

 

Daily Telegraph

6 April 2000

Clay Mine Dam Collapse Threatens Cornish Wildlife

Pollution and water quality

Fal

WWF Press Release

08 Mar 2000

Beavers make a comeback in Scotland

Habitats and species

 

Daily Telegraph

07 Mar 2000

Tweed anglers put back 4,200 salmon

Salmon

Tweed

Daily Telegraph

6 Mar 2000

Wildlife threatened by build up of beach litter

Pollution and water quality

Beaches

Marine Conservation Society

24 Feb 2000

Thames Water fined a record £250,000 for serious pollution offences at Sandcliff Road and at the Thames outfall, Erith, Kent

Pollution and water quality

Thames

Environment Agency

22 Feb 2000

Water firm fined for flooding homes with sewage

Pollution and water quality

Thames

Daily Telegraph

21 Feb 2000

Building work exposes Roman port

History and archaeology

Tiber

Daily Telegraph

15 Feb 2000

Europe awakes to Danube cyanide threat

Pollution and water quality

Danube

Daily Telegraph

15 Feb 2000

Poisoned river was a haven for rare bird and fish species

Pollution and water quality

Tisa

Daily Telegraph

14 Feb 2000

River of poison reaches the Danube

Pollution and water quality

Danube

Daily Telegraph

8 Feb 2000

THAMES WATER FINED £5000 FOR POLLUTING THE RIVER THAMES AT NORTH WOOLWICH

Pollution and water quality

Thames

Environment Agency

29 Nov 1999

Rivers of the World Mismanaged, Polluted

Pollution and water quality

 

ENS

23 Nov 1999

Most of Earth's rivers stressed, report warns 

Abstraction

 

MSNBC News

14 Nov 1999

Record payout for toxin spill

Pollution and water quality

Eden

Daily Telegraph

5 Oct 1999

Extinction warning for freshwater species

Fisheries

 

BBC News Online

3 Oct 1999

Half of Europe's freshwater habitats 'ruined'

Habitats and species

 

The Independent

21 Sep 1999

Living Rivers For Europe 

Habitats and species

 

WWF 

6 Sep 1999

Britain is 'failing to protect' its wildlife

Habitats and species

 

Daily Telegraph

28 Aug 1999

Ministers refuse to protect Tweed

Habitats and species

Tweed

Daily Telegraph

9 Aug 1999

GM 'superfish' face ban in British waters

Alien species

 

Daily Telegraph

31 Jul 1999

Writer in protest at India dam project

Dams

 

Daily Telegraph

8 May 1999

Environment Agency chief to step down

Environment Agency

 

Daily Telegraph

19 April 1999

WWF demands urgent EU action to stop toxic waste pollution

Pollution and water quality

 

WWF 

5 Apr 1999

Meacher declares war on littering

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

1 April 1999

Water firm curbs to save rivers

Abstraction

 

Daily Telegraph

14 Mar 1999

Species fight to survive in flooded Britain

Flooding

 

Daily Telegraph

27 Feb 1999

Anglers are urged to put back salmon

Salmon

 

Daily Telegraph

7 Nov 1998

Fishing fears over Fayed's forest plan

Fisheries

Cassely

Daily Telegraph

30 Oct 1998

Flood alert as rivers keep on rising

Flooding

 

Daily Telegraph

29 Oct 1998

Lifeboats speed to the rescue 70 miles inland

 

Arrow

Daily Telegraph

24 Oct 1998

Man drowns in worst flooding for two decades

Flooding

 

Daily Telegraph

21 Oct 1998

Beaufort Hunt master fined for polluting river

Pollution and water quality

Avon

Daily Telegraph

30 Sep 1998

Thousands of fish die in sewage spill

Pollution and water quality

Cray

Daily Telegraph

24 Sep 1998

Water bills 'will be cut by 10pc'

Water companies

 

Daily Telegraph

26 Aug 1998

British rivers in dire straits

Climate change

 

BBC News Online

26 Aug 1998

Climate change hits water quality

Climate change

 

Daily Telegraph

18 Aug 1998

Rivers are dirtier

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

31 Jul 1998

Bathing ponds added to £1.4bn water clean-up

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

20 Jun 1998

New controls on abstraction from rivers

Abstraction

 

Daily Telegraph

12 Jun 98

Royal Mint escapes pollution case

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

11 Jun 1998

Britain losing its rivers

Alien species

 

BBC News Online

15 May 1998

Environment chief rejects need to increase water bills

Water companies

 

Daily Telegraph

29 Apr 1998

Record low for salmon catches

Salmon

 

Daily Telegraph

21 Apr 1998

Insecticide kills half of protected crayfish

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

18 Apr 1998

Curb on new homes urged to stem rise in flooding

Development

 

Daily Telegraph

17 Apr 1998

Thames atomic waste attacked

Pollution and water quality

Thames

Daily Telegraph

14 Apr 1998

Floods may cost £1.5bn and drive up insurance premiums

Flooding

 

Daily Telegraph

07 Apr 1998

Salmon drift-nets could be banned

Salmon

 

Daily Telegraph

28 Mar 1998

Thousands of fish killed by algae build-up

Pollution and water quality

Dun

Daily Telegraph

13 Mar 1998

Sales of sheep dip may be curbed

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

6 Mar 1998

Canal link to mystery of dead fish

Pollution and water quality

Dun

Daily Telegraph

05 Mar 1998

Thousands of fish die as pollution infests river

Pollution and water quality

Dun

Daily Telegraph

28 Jan 1998

Water firms running dry

Abstraction

 

Daily Telegraph

6 Jan 1998

Storm claims will top£100m, say insurers

Flooding

 

Daily Telegraph

12 Dec 1997

Water firm banned from using river supplies

Abstraction

Ouse (Great)

Daily Telegraph

1 Dec 1997

South and East England face huge water shortage

Climate change

 

Daily Telegraph

9 Nov 1997

Drought-hit water firm turns to the sea

Flooding

 

Daily Telegraph

27 Oct 1997

There's new life in Old Father Thames

Pollution and water quality

Thames

Daily Telegraph

22 Sep 1997

Toads' haven saved from farmer's plough

Habitats and species

 

Daily Telegraph

23 Aug 1997

River bank alders in peril from fungus

Habitats and species

 

Daily Telegraph

21 Aug 1997

Thames exposes Offa's pile in Chelsea harbour

History and archaeology

Thames

Daily Telegraph

8 Aug 1997

Anglers blame net fishermen for fall in salmon stocks

Salmon

 

Daily Telegraph

16 Jul 1997

'Better deal' on water but bills could rise

Water companies

 

Daily Telegraph

13 Jul 1997

Atomic waste dumped into London's water for 50 years

Pollution and water quality

Thames

Daily Telegraph

7 Jul 1997

Drought-hit public angry at RSPB's wetland plan

Drought

Ouse (Little)

Daily Telegraph

21 Jun 1997

Rainfall fails to dampen fears of serious drought

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

9 Jun 1997

Why Ratty quit his riverbank home

Habitats and species

 

Daily Telegraph

7 Jun 1997

Hosepipe bans as rivers fall

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

11 May 1997

Anglers face a summer trawl for fee dodging

Fisheries

 

Daily Telegraph

10 May 1997

Lakes to beat drought

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

10 May 1997

Farmers take Britain to EU court over pollution

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

6 May 1997

Investigation at ICI after spills

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

3 May 1997

Water firm's sinking fund

Water companies

 

Daily Telegraph

2 May 1997

Rivers run low in Britain's longest drought

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

2 May 1997

Reservoir water released in move to save salmon

Salmon

 

Daily Telegraph

27 Apr 1997

Salmon spawns its way to a record

Salmon

 

Daily Telegraph

26 Apr 1997

Low tides yield Thames history

History and archaeology

Thames

Daily Telegraph

24 Apr 1997

Rare snail threatens to halt £11m road

Roads

Piddle

Daily Telegraph

20 Apr 1997

River that died defies drought to flow again

Drought

Dour

Daily Telegraph

10 Apr 1997

Farmers warned on pollution in drought

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

3 Apr 1997

Pump primes fishery for new season

Fisheries

Medway

Daily Telegraph

3 Apr 1997

Rivers 'at less than half their usual flow'

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

28 Mar 1997

Gummer pledge to launch new tax on water polluters

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

25 Mar 1997

A brighter future for the river that runs orange

Pollution and water quality

Don

Daily Telegraph

15 Mar 1997

North Sea ban on 'hoover' trawlers

Fisheries

 

Daily Telegraph

22 Feb 1997

Water firms branded alarmist over 'crisis'

Water companies

 

Daily Telegraph

3 Feb 1997

Safety study into nuclear dump leaks

Pollution and water quality

Irt

Daily Telegraph

3 Feb 1997

Wine is safer than British water, says French chef

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

1 Feb 1997

First drought permit of year granted

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

16 Jan 1997

Anglers on the Tay are hoping for net gains

Fisheries

Tay

Daily Telegraph

22 Dec 1996

Thames Water to drain turkey fat from sewers

Pollution and water quality

Thames

Daily Telegraph

18 Dec 1996

Rare fish returns to cleaned-up Medway

Pollution and water quality

Medway

Daily Telegraph

10 Dec 1996

Water pumps threaten 350 wildlife sites

Abstraction

 

Daily Telegraph

18 Nov 1996

Water firms rule out restrictions even in a drought

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

18 Nov 1996

Anglers pledge to tackle salmon river ban

Salmon

Esk

Daily Telegraph

11 Nov 1996

Reedbed haven built to entice the bittern back

Habitats and species

Lea

Daily Telegraph

16 Oct 1996

Yorkshire Water lifts ban

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

15 Oct 1996

Water firm fights for supply from trout river

Abstraction

Kennet

Daily Telegraph

15 Oct 1996

Life floods back into the stream that lost its way

Pollution and water quality

Cole

Daily Telegraph

1 Oct 1996

Salisbury bypass to go ahead despite opposition

Roads

Avon

Daily Telegraph

27 Sep 1996

Newbury's bypass hits otter trouble

Roads

Kennet

Daily Telegraph

16 Sep 1996

The levels of wading birds rises after long decline

Habitats and species

 

Daily Telegraph

11 Sep 1996

Nature body scraps dune reserve over grazing row

Habitats and species

Taw

Daily Telegraph

6 Sep 1996

Controversial sea lice drug in use

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

5 Sep 1996

Wildlife wetlands 'are being dried up'

Habitats and species

 

Daily Telegraph

1 Sep 1996

Severn Bore groupies take the plunge

Recreation

Severn

Daily Telegraph

6 Aug 1996

Water firm is fined over salmon deaths

Salmon

Wye

Daily Telegraph

10 Jul 1996

Yorkshire Water admits changing rainfall figures

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

2 May 1996

Tidal clause closes oyster farm too far from the sea

Fisheries

Teign

Daily Telegraph

1 May 1996

Anglers shed light on why their fish get away

Fisheries

 

Daily Telegraph

1 May 1996

Water firms plagued by rise in leaks

Water companies

 

Daily Telegraph

29 Apr 1996

Village fights plan to divert rivers

Development

Teign

Daily Telegraph

23 Apr 1996

Restrictions in pipeline, warns water firm boss

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

15 Apr 1996

Mad cow burial plot 'poisoning our water'

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

29 Mar 1996

Otters take to designer bolt-holes

Habitats and species

 

Daily Telegraph

28 Mar 1996

Sellafield 'did not cause leukaemia'

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

26 Mar 1996

Beds and breakfast laid on for bitterns

Habitats and species

 

Daily Telegraph

20 Mar 1996

Water inquiry: Leak loss figures wrong chief

Water companies

 

Daily Telegraph

19 Mar 1996

Yorkshire water inquiry: We made mistakes says firm

Water companies

 

Daily Telegraph

19 Mar 1996

Hosepipe ban lifted for 4m homes

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

23 Feb 1996

Newbury bridges boost for wildlife

Roads

Kennet

Daily Telegraph

20 Feb 1996

Summer drought could be worse than last year's

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

5 Feb 1996

Lower quality standards pose threat to rivers

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

26 Jan 1996

Tree experts fear river fungus will wipe out alders

Habitats and species

 

Daily Telegraph

19 Jan 1996

Green leaders bridge Newbury divide

Roads

Kennet

Daily Telegraph

20 Dec 1995

Magna Carta challenge in Piddle poaching case

History and archaeology

Piddle

Daily Telegraph

18 Dec 1995

Angler lands 1,963 fish

Fisheries

Wye

Daily Telegraph

18 Dec 1995

If this is a reservoir in winter, what will it be like in June?

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

15 Dec 1995

Drought firm plans second £50m pipeline

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

28 Nov 1995

Firm to spend £50m on urgent drought work

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

28 Nov 1995

How do we know it is the warmest October since 1659?

Climate change

 

Daily Telegraph

23 Nov 1995

New toxin is found in tap water

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

15 Nov 1995

Water company to pay refunds if cuts go ahead

Water companies

 

Daily Telegraph

10 Nov 1995

Judge sides with women in beach pollution battle

Pollution and water quality

Beaches

Daily Telegraph

10 Nov 1995

Britain is cleaner, says rivers chief

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

1 Nov 1995

Estuary oil plans anger bird lovers

Development

 

Daily Telegraph

30 Oct 1995

Royal sewage plant fails to hold water

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

20 Oct 1995

Anglers lose battle to cull greedy cormorants

Fisheries

 

Daily Telegraph

5 Oct 1995

Water firms could pay to cut wastage

Water companies

 

Daily Telegraph

2 Oct 1995

Drought orders could continue into New Year

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

26 Sep 1995

Salmon let off the hook in Thames

Salmon

Thames

Daily Telegraph

22 Sep 1995

Thousands face new water ban

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

7 Sep 1995

RSPB seeks £1m to turn farmland back into fen

Habitats and species

Ouse (Little)

Daily Telegraph

25 Aug 1995

We are doing a fantastic job in the heatwave, say water companies

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

17 Aug 1995

Pure delight as otters come off danger list

Habitats and species

 

Daily Telegraph

16 Aug 1995

Stand-pipes put on standby as drought worsens

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

11 Aug 1995

Drought-hit farmers dig their own reservoirs

Drought

 

Daily Telegraph

24 Jul 1995

Privatised water companies are worst polluters

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

7 Jul 1995

Protesters fume over Newbury by-pass 'betrayal'

Roads

Kennet

Daily Telegraph

6 Jul 1995

A34 decision threatens new clashes

Roads

Kennet

Daily Telegraph

24 May 1995

Pollution deal 'broken by Britain'

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

8 May 1995

EU warm water rule may halt flow of whisky

   

Daily Telegraph

8 May 1995

World climate conference: Global warming threat to finest game fish rivers

Climate change

 

Daily Telegraph

8 May 1995

300 wildlife sites win protection under tough new European law

Habitats and species

 

Daily Telegraph

22 Mar 1995

Farmers 'getting away with pollution'

Pollution and water quality

 

Daily Telegraph

25 Jan 1995

Seaside bathers 'face high risk of viral illness'

Pollution and water quality

Beaches

Daily Telegraph

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