Protecting Wealden’s rivers and seas

Rachel has spearheaded Wealden’s response to the crisis of sewage pollution. Her 2021 motion calling on the council to combat raw sewage discharge by water companies was passed unanimously. She now chairs a group of 23 councils working to hold Southern Water, Ofwat and the Environment Agency to account.

Rachel helped set up a new citizen science programme to test river biodiversity in partnership with the University of Sussex.