Elle von Benzon

PhD student researching water quality monitoring in UK rivers @CU_Earth. Previously @WWTworldwide and @Thames21. #wetlands #riverrestoration #waterpollution

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

@FriendsUpperWye Any thoughts @dan_iles?

[Friends of the River Wye @FriendsUpperWye]

📣JOB ALERT!

RWT are now recruiting for a Programme Manager to run our citizen science project for three days a week.

If you’re good at admin, a whizz with a spreadsheet, enthusiastic, innovative & passionate about water quality - APPLY!

https://t.co/4OQBknL4tm

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

Last chance to tell us about your experience of being a citizen scientist in the Wye Catchment!

If you haven't already, please
complete this questionnaire by Monday:
https://t.co/7nfd5p7p0h

...or pass the message on to someone else! 💦

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

@GValleyAG2 @RiverDore We'd be very happy to get responses from RiverDore volunteers on the survey. CU were primarily working with groups who joined the WCCMN (https://t.co/ktxmpV0uq4) last year which is why they've been tagged in the post...

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

Shout out to all citizen scientists monitoring water quality across the Wye catchment📢📢

Please help us better understand your experience of using various test kits and volunteering your time as a citizen scientist by completing this online survey: https://t.co/7nfd5p7p0h

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

@GValleyAG2 @RiverDore Groups directly involved in the network last year discussed and agreed a shared approach to citizen science monitoring, including standardised monitoring equipment and procedures.

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

@GValleyAG2 @WyeSalmon @RiverDore @WUFoundation Hi @GValleyAG2, I'm sure @WUFoundation who manage the Wye catchment partnership website would be happy to add other groups to the list. Please get in touch with them if you would like your citizen science group promoted and contact details added to that page.

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

@nspugh @FriendsUpperWye @WyeSalmon @of_wye @SaveTheWye @WUFoundation @rwtwales @WyeCatchment @CPREHfdshire Information about the different citizen science groups monitoring across the catchment and their contact details can be found here: https://t.co/IIKTlfrCoa

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

Great to see the role and value of #CitizenScience in helping to address water quality issues in UK rivers included in this report ⬇️

[Environmental Audit Committee @CommonsEAC]

A ‘chemical cocktail’ of sewage, slurry and plastic polluting English rivers is putting public health and nature at risk.

📖Read our Water Quality in Rivers report, published today, at https://t.co/q89sWWu97S 🔍

#EACRivers #SaveOurRivers #CleanItUp #RiverPollution

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

For those who couldn't make it, here's a taste of what was discussed at the Wye Catchment Collaborative Monitoring Network Forum last month👇👇

Big thanks to @NERCscience, @CUWaterResearch and everyone else who attended and helped make the forum a success!

#CitizenScience

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

☝️ Please share the tweet above across your networks ☝️ @CUWaterResearch @CU_EARTH @FriendsUpperWye @WyeCatchment @WyeSalmon @CPREHfdshire @CPRW_UK @rwtwales @WUFoundation @theriverstrust @EnvAgency @WaterNRW @SaveTheWye @wyebeauty @CatchmentWye @BreconBeaconsNP

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

This year citizen scientists across the Wye catchment have tested >4000 water samples🧪💦🏞️

A dynamic network of change makers has established to share data, resources and learning...

Come find out more at our event on Dec 10th👇

https://t.co/fWGp7CILVm

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

@LucyFaulkes Volunteers are testing for a range of water quality parameters that can help indicate the health of a river, including phosphate, nitrate, electrical conductivity, temperature and turbidity. The purpose is to build a better understanding of what and where the issues are.

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

Yesterday was the final (and biggest) Wye catchment mass sampling event of the year...

Water quality was assessed at over 170 sites across the catchment and 30 samples were collected for lab analysis, all by local citizen scientists.

Amazing effort from everyone involved!

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

Thanks to @CardiffColdClim and @NERCscience for making it possible!

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

Another very successful mass sampling event across the Wye catchment yesterday...

Water quality was assessed at over 150 sites by volunteers!

And these 20 samples made it safely to the lab for analysis.

#CitizenScience

@FriendsUpperWye @CPRW_UK @CPREHfdshire @WyeSalmon

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

An amazing effort from citizen scientists across the Wye catchment yesterday! Water quality tests were carried out at 126 sites on the first ever Wye Catchment-wide Mass Sampling Event. Great work everyone! @FriendsUpperWye @WUFoundation @WyeCatchment @CardiffColdClim

[Elle von Benzon @ElleBenzon]

This.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

This is massive, and horrific. @NFUtweets is secretly lobbying the government to allow #neonicotinoid pesticides to be reintroduced after Brexit.
It tells its members: "Please refrain from sharing this on social media."
On the contrary, please RT.
https://t.co/Us25GkUppT

[Riverford @Riverford]

“3.2million hectares of the UK is estimated to be covered by woodland & forests. So even at the stated plans for 30k hectares of tree planting a yr, that's only increasing our existing woodland by less than 1% a year" said Riverford co-owner Zac on the green industrial revolution