Webinar on water quality in the Exe Estuary

The Exe Estuary Management Partnership is running a webinar on water quality in the Exe Estuary and its catchment area on Monday 9 November, from 10:30 am to 12 noon. It's an online session via Microsoft Teams, so you can tune in from home rather than heading out. It's free to join, and it's open to anyone with an interest in the water quality of the estuary.

If you spend any time on the water, this is exactly the kind of thing that hits close to home. Water quality is a legitimate concern for sailors, kayakers and other recreational water users on the Exe and beyond, and this session brings together a few of the different voices involved. The speakers include the Kenn Valley Farmers' Group, Ebb and Flow Shellfish / Aquafish Solutions Ltd, South West Water and the Lympstone Water Quality Group. Between them, they cover farming, shellfish, water supply and local monitoring, so you'll hear from a good cross-section of the people who live and work with the water.

The session is run by the water-quality subgroup of the Exe Estuary Management Partnership (EEMP), a non-statutory collaboration that brings together organisations with statutory responsibilities alongside local communities to support the sustainable use and long-term stewardship of the estuary. The Royal Yachting Association is one of the EEMP partners. The format is a series of short presentations from different sectors and locations, and the insights are collated into a document that goes to Devon County Council's Water Quality Conference, held mid-month, to address water quality across the whole county.

There's a dedicated Q&A at the end, and you can submit your questions when you register, so if there's something specific you've been wondering about, you can get it on the record. It runs from 10:30 am to 12 noon on Monday 9 November, and it's free to join.