What YOU can do to help look after our local rivers
Ahead of East Lothian’s River Weekend – 24th to 27th September – we’ve asked river groups across the county for their tips for getting to know your local waterways.
There are some easy steps that you can take to ease the pressure on your local river. Here are our top 10!
- Conserve water 5 Easy Ways to Revive Your River: Water saving at… | The Rivers Trust
- Practise clean, check, dry Check Clean Dry » NNSS
- Remember the 3 P’s Bathroom Checklist – Scottish Water
- Only rain down the drain! Council joins scheme to protect water quality with yellow fish – BBC News
- Create your own rain garden Rain Gardens: Manage Water Runoff | RHS Advice
- Report pollution Report Sewage Pollution – Scottish Water Contact us | Beta | SEPA | Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- Consider alternatives for pet flea treatments Veterinary Medicines – Buglife
- Considerate recreation Ecological impacts of water-based recreational activities on freshwater ecosystems: a global meta-analysis | Proceedings B | The Royal Society
- Get involved in citizen science! Guardians of our Rivers – Buglife projects
- Mostly – spend time getting to know your local river! You will fall in love 🙂
Join one of the free events happening across the county this month.
To celebrate World Rivers Day, various groups and organisations in East Lothian are working together to host a weekend of events along and around our waterways. These free events run from Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th September and are open to anyone curious to connect more with the Tyne and the East Lammermuir burns.
See ticketing information here:
tickettailor.com/events/tyneriverweekend
East Lothian River Connections is a collection of different groups and projects working on East Lothian’s waterways. Visit the River Connections webpage for more events and groups, helping look after East Lothian’s waterways.
