Well we’ve seen it all this week,
thousands of dead fish, black putrid water, aerators that are not aerators and
now a river dyed green.
The dead fish – This is well documented in the thousands of tweets, conversations and on the telly. From our perspective the amount of dead fish is a disaster for the ecosystem of the Lee/Lea. The river system is already under tremendous pressure from pollution and any more incidents like this week’s could push it over the edge.
The black putrid water – This now stretches from the pool below Tottenham Lock down to the weir at
We have inserted this short video
to show you the source of the problem:
The Aerators - The solution to all the problems, in your dreams maybe! When we heard about these on the BBC News we were a bit confused. On the day they were supposed to be in place we left Lea bridge at 11:00 and they were not in place. We arrived back at 15:00 and they were not there. On Friday they were not there at 10:00 but were there at 11:00. unfortunately they were gone by 15:30. Most importantly they are just small water pumps sucking out polluted water and pumping it back in. A bit like peeing into the wind!
It needs a lot more than this to create a haven for fish or to have any real benefit to the system.


The saga of Deephams - This is fairly simple, the River Lee doesn't want your overflowing sewage. It has enough to cope with from litter, misconnections and pollution from the roads. Use the money you get from water rates or wherever to sort the problem before this river finally dies.
The 'Lovers of the Lea' have got their work cut out to get this river back on track.