Category Archives: Saline Barrier

Average Thurne River Levels and Salinity Trends at Repps

Following the discussions with the authorities on the monitoring of salinity and river levels, we have been tracking this from the EA own telemetry data.  We have been looking for trends averaged over 24 hours and the linkage between river levels and salinity levels. Data only exists in the public domain from Oct 2021 on…

Moves to Protect and secure the barrier

BASG has entered discussions with the Environment Agency in how they can sustain the asset now some 25 year old and in clear need of repair. The barrier has saved the lives of millions of fish over the years from the seemingly increasing trend of salinity levels reaching near sea water concentrations as far upstream…