S3, Ep.2 It would have been lovely not to need to do this interview, but sadly our rivers – and the River Wye in particular – are in crisis, and as rowers and river-lovers you ought to know what's going on. So today I'm talking to Charles Watson, founder of charity and campaigning group, River Action UK, to find out what's wrong with our rivers and what we can do about it.

• How Charles went from PR boss to environmental campaigner
• What's wrong with the River Wye
• The elephant in the room dressed as a chicken
• Three solutions 
• What you can do 
• How much time we have left 

Resources
River Action UK
The Rivercide documentary
The BBC Panorama documentary , The River Pollution Scandal
River Action petition
Petition to ban discharge of raw sewage into watercourses
Find your MP here
Find your local Rivers Trust here

Where to report pollution incidents:
In England: Environment Agency https://www.gov.uk/report-an-environmental-incident

In Wales: Natural Resources Wales https://naturalresources.wales/about-us/contact-us/report-an-environmental-incident/?lang=en

Find your water company here
Find your water company's contact details here

Groups
Rowers United to Save the Planet
The Rivers Trust
Friends of the Lower Wye
Friends of the Upper Wye
Wye Valley AONB

Find them on Twitter!
DEFRA @DEFRAGovUK
Avara Foods @AvaraToods
Tesco @tesco
Sainsburys @sainsburys
Waitrose @waitrose
Marks & Spencer @MarksandSpencer
Morrisons @Morrisons
Asda @asda
Co-Op @coopuk
Aldi @AldiUK
Lidl @LidlGB
River Action UK @RiverActionUK

For the Bont Rowing 20% discount, go to their website here and the discount will be applied automatically. Otherwise, use GIRLONRIVER20.

Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/girlontheriver)