A major one-year scientific project is starting which will involve sampling the waters of the river Brent and some of its tributaries. This is a collaboration between the Environmental Research group at Imperial College, CURB (Clean Up River Brent) and around 30 teams of volunteers. The project aims to analyse rain-water run-off immediately before and after “heavy-rain” to establish the levels of pollutants along the Brent corridor.
As the map below shows, there are six proposed sampling points in the vicinity of Perivale Park, and the Friends of Perivale Park will be one of the groups involved in sampling this region of the Brent.
Within three hours of samples being taken, they will be delivered to one of around four freezers close to the sampling points and then taken from there to Imperial College in White City for analysis.
I will report back here periodically with news of the project.
See lso https://www.facebook.com/groups/427426010378590/posts/harrow-rivers-goup-went-to-imperial-college-london-yesterday-for-the-road-run-of/532154539905736/
And https://web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/brentpollution.bsky.social/post/3ldbyvhigrs2m