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Thames Water is working with a charity called Thames21 to
clean up London’s rivers. The Quaggy, running through Chinbrook Meadows is being
contaminated by rain water and runoff from the roads and the railway
embankment. A water channel runs next to the railway line at the top of the picture. The channel, romantically named the Grove Park ditch, collects
this water and discharges it into the Quaggy just before the stream goes under
the railway.
They are planning to dig out a number of shallow ponds in
the open land to the left of the footpath from Portland Road to the railway tunnel. This
will divert and filter the water before it runs into the Quaggy.
The ponds will have reed beds and interpretation boards and look like those on the other side of the tunnel near the tennis
courts.
The project should begin next spring, subject to planning
permission. Thames21 does have a website www.thames21.org.uk.
There is nothing about this project on the site yet but it does show similar
projects on other London rivers.
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