Southern Water

Plans by Southern Water to take more water from the River Test are challenged by fishermen and conservation groups saying it's not done enough to reduce ...

"This are not going to be one in one hundred year events, they are going to be much more regular and we are going to have to get better at storing water in the winter." Speaking about the regulations, Head River Keeper Peter Farrow said: "You have lower water quality because you have lower water levels which affects the temperature of the water and when you have levels rising to where they should not be you have less dissolved oxygen in the water which is essential for the salmon to survive. Plans by Southern Water to take more water from the River Test in Hampshire are being challenged by fishermen and conservation groups.