Rivers Network

Afonydd Cymru is an umbrella organisation that represents six Rivers Trusts across Wales. This website offers information on the exciting projects and initiatives that Afonydd Cymru and its member Trusts are working on to bring about real and sustainable improvements to the aquatic environment in Wales.

"At over 800 miles long, the Texas Colorado River is one of the longest rivers to start and end in the same state. (Note that it is NOT the same Colorado River that flows through Arizona, Utah, and other western states.) Because of its importance to our state’s economy, our environment, our industry, our agriculture, and especially our lives as Texans, it is truly the lifeblood of our state.

The Niobrara River Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was created to transfer Spencer Dam and associated water rights from NPPD to the Natural Resources Districts and Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. This will allow for protection of all existing uses and ensure a sustainable balance between existing and future demands. This transfer will maintain the functioning river system and protect all water users including fish, wildlife, recreation, agriculture and domestic uses.

Mahia Peninsula is an Isthmus island on the East Coast of the North Island between Gisborne and Napier. In July 2010 the local community of Whangawehi raised the issue of the potential effects of the Mahia Beach Community Waste Water System and other land uses on the water quality of the Whangawehi stream, the estuary and the mahinga kai beds outside the river mouth.