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8th July 2026
River Gade Improvements – size isn’t really the point. Impact is.
Written by Charlotte Purvis
Over the past few weeks, our team at FiveRivers has been designing a river restoration scheme on the River Gade in Hemel Hempstead, working with Affinity Water. It’s a small project in terms of scale, but the difference it will make to this stretch of river is anything but small.
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6th July 2026
Update to RPS374 – Low Risk Abstraction
Written by Charlotte Purvis
Some genuinely useful news for anyone working on river restoration and nature recovery: the Environment Agency has published RPS 374, its Regulatory Position Statement on low risk abstraction for nature recovery actions and fish or eel passage.
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25th June 2026
The Value of Early Contractor Involvement (ECI)
Written by Charlotte Purvis
The majority of our ECI work happens on projects well below that figure. Smaller schemes like river restoration, NFM interventions, BNG habitat creation, riparian corridor works often operate under tighter budgets and shorter timelines, where the consequences of late engagement can be proportionally just as damaging.
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17th June 2026
What Clarkson Should Have Done – Leaky Dam Edition
Written by Charlotte Purvis
With the new season of Clarkson’s Farm landing on Amazon, we were amused by Episode 6 which follows Jeremy’s attempt to ‘help nature along’ by spotting a natural debris pile in a stream, and building a leaky woody dam – while getting into some bother along the way.
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21st May 2026
World Fish Migration Day
Written by Charlotte Purvis
This Saturday marks World Fish Migration Day 2026 – a global day to shine a light on the migratory species quietly disappearing from our rivers.
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1st April 2026
Watching the Sulham Brook Find Its Rhythm Again
Written by Charlotte Purvis
Towards the end of last year, we shared an update on the works taking place at Sulham Brook in partnership with Thames Water – returning to the site last month, the transformation is already exceeding expectations. Despite a wet start to 2026, the channel is responding exactly as designed.
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23rd March 2026
Graduate Scheme Mini-Interview
Written by Charlotte Purvis
A year ago we started a conversation with Dr Linley Hastewell at the University of Southampton about bridging the gap between university and consultancy. Last week that partnership came full circle when Linley visited the FiveRivers office to speak with the team about professional development and chartership.
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25th February 2026
FiveRivers is certified under NHSS 18
Written by Charlotte Purvis
FiveRivers is now certified under NHSS 18 – Establishment and Maintenance of Landscape and Associated Land-Based Activities.
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19th February 2026
FiveRivers & Thames Water BNG Partnership Announcement
Written by Charlotte Purvis
We are pleased to announce we are extending our relationship with Thames Water by supporting their Biodiversity Performance Commitment by successfully delivering 11 biodiversity units by 2029, across 9 Thames Water owned sites.
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