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

News stories from 1995-2000

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