Gallery
Queen Elizabeth II Hall
Nine hours of the conversations at the heart of the Summit. Politicians from three parties facing real questions in Water Time, regulators held to account in Regulating Rivers for the Future, Paul Powlesland making the case for river guardianship, and Mónica Feria-Tinta asking whether rivers have rights. Citizen science shifting the dial, Are Britain’s rivers a secret Success story? the WaterKind Collective announcement, a world premiere of Beneath the Oars and What if Everything we Made was Clean? Alongside the panels and debates were stands from artists, organisations and companies passionate about the health of our waterways.
Council Chamber
Brontie Ansell and Emma Montlake ran a Rights of Nature workshop for anyone ready to think differently about what a river is owed. River Action hosted the inspiring From the Farm with Hope, bringing farmers into the room to talk honestly and hopefully about what's changing on the land. Rolf Killius brought rivers to life through art in Living Rivers, James Chapman from Xylem and Wilson Phillips showed what happens From Outfall to Insight - turning raw data into something people can actually act on and Joff Edevane presented Southern Water and Pan Parish Rivers Pollution Forum continuous water quality monitoring on the River Test.
Testing the Waters Experience Area
New this year, and long overdue, a space entirely of its own for the Testing the Waters Consortium. In the King's Arms Barn, members showed their work side by side from real-time sensors from HoTWater and Seneye to Proteus Instruments, In-Situ and Xylem demystifying Section 82 monitoring, WildFish, a presentation from Thames Water, and citizen scientists and water companies sharing the same space. Several of the projects had directly come from Testing the Waters initiatives and it was a room that embodied collaboration in action.
