River Drink
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- When did the idea of taking a drink from your river become so tangled up with fears about agricultural runoff and sewage discharges?
Is your river clean and safe?
Is the fear of pollution stopping you from enjoying your river?
Is a chemistry set and some curiosity all you need to explore new places?
Alastair Humphreys walks upstream in search of a clean cup of water to drink, uncovering the pollution issues that plague most of Britain's rivers. Despite these challenges, he also finds beauty and fresh water existing alongside justified anger over the rivers' condition.
And he remembers that the essence of a good microadventure is simply an idea that sparks enough enthusiasm to get you out the door and seeing the world differently.
For more information about the health of rivers in the UK and Ireland, and to learn more about what is being done, and what must be done, to restore them, visit www.theriverstrust.org
PLEASE NOTE: 'There are hazards associated with drinking directly from rivers, and other things in the water that might cause harm, including pathogens such as ecoli and norovirus, aren't always easy or possible to test for.'
Brilliant stuff Al - and I love my mention!!! SB
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I remember watching Steve Backshall on TV
Love hearing your spin of your ideas.
What a great little video. Well done Alastair
I hope your pursuit of drinkable river water led to no ill effects worse than wet trainers. Nice idea and great video Al.
Very interesting take, as usual!
cracking!
Awesome. My neck of the woods is populated by cattle grazing on grassland. Beautiful and woodsy too, but the cattle bring wee beasties that can give you the screaming s...s, unfortunately. So it's water from home when I go out. Cattle are also conveyors of ticks, and their own contribution to potential misery. So, for me, my countryside adventures are on gravel roads on a bicycle. Another way for me to get away from the city, and be surrounded by nature. Thanks for your video. I embrace the micro adventure ethic as well, thanks to your mountain bikes and bothy nights video!
Nice concept and exercise. Cymraeg ydy'r iaith @7:35 (Welsh is the language @07:35), it seems a bit distorted by ChatGPT - but possibly says "Of course, I could write the results". Although, I'd be wary of just testing pH, temp, phosphate and nitrates to decide whether a watercourse is drinkable in all places. Doesn't consider organic pollutants (herbicide, insecticides) and faecal bacteria. I appreciate there is also a judgement (e.g. I'll sometimes drink from upland streams) and what might be perfectly fine for swimming may not be so good for drinking. I'm also curious about that open pipe at @8:40 - it may just be a decommissioned 'pipe bridge' over the watercourse but I wonder if it is there for a pump connection for water abstraction/agricultural irrigation (this is speculation - I've no idea). As a canoeist I also see so much 'infrastructure' that has just been left to decay rather than responsibly removed. I do love your curiosity and approach with local exploration. There's so much we don't see/aren't aware of that's hidden behind unnecessary fences. Fideo neis, diolch yn fawr (Nice video, thanks very much).
Thank you - I totally agree that my methods were somewhat simplistic! Diolch
I love this, I'm surrounded by waterways and constantly told by the locals that the water is 'massively polluted' and 'toxic' because of the historic industry that surrounds this town, it certainly doesn't always look that inviting, but it never occurred to me to actually test it myself!? 😃 i still wouldn't drink it though 😆
Would you like me to send you my testing kit so that you can check out your own river?
@@al_humphreys that would be awesome!
Had no idea you had a channel! Here in Tanzania, I see plenty of people in this village collecting water from deep gutters. Since it just rained last night, it's probably VERY safe. I collect it off the roof. ;)
Cheers!!
Excellent video!
Nice vid
Wonderful. 🙂