Pollution can find its way into urban rivers via surface water outfalls (drains) as a result of misconnected plumbing. This is often an overlooked source of pollution, which cause chronic damage to our waterbodies. Outfall Safaris consist of bankside surveys which aim to find and assess these outfalls, so that polluted ones can be remediated.
You must be over 18 to attend this training event
Once registered you will receive information about how to join the training session. All surveys can be carried out anytime during April-May when the weather is dry.
PLEASE ONLY SIGN UP IF YOU INTEND TO TAKE PART IN THE SURVEYS AND ARE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND THE TRAINING SESSION IN PERSON
Surveys can only be conducted following at least 48 hours of dry weather therefore flexibility is required.
The training will include:
- An overview of water quality issues in Banbury
- Information on outfalls and how they become polluted
- Instruction on how to assess each outfall using the project app and then upload information to the database
- A health & safety briefing
All help is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions please contact: Sam Facey - sam.facey@zsl.org
