A new community group has been organised to help residents within the Trym catchment area install water butts. Both practical and financial help is on offer.
The reason for doing this is to reduce the use of the 29 sewage overflows on the river. Other areas of the country have managed to reduce sewage discharges by installing water butts and slow releasing water over the winter (so that butts fill many times).
Please do contact Nicky Jones via the Save Water To Save The Trym website if you would like more information. They have also set up Friends of Sea Mills Meadows and already has some good news – the 11 hectares at the bottom of the Trym have got Countryside Stewardship funding, so this area will become much more nature-friendly and a good walking spot.
SPRA - Sneyd Park Residents Association 