Starting in September 2022, London photographic artist Ellie Ramsden travelled around the UK photographing and interviewing groups who’ve come together to protect waterways. The ‘Turning the Tide‘ project exposes of the huge levels of the country’s water pollution. Most notably community groups identified raw sewage dumped by UK water companies.

In 2022, there were 389,000 discharges of raw sewage into UK waterways alone. Currently, none of English waterways are in “good” ecological and chemical health, despite a target for all waters to be in good health by 2027. British waters are among the most polluted in Europe.

Newspaper The Tides is a fundraiser for WASP (Windrush Against Sewage Pollution) a community group and charity who’ve been monumental in uncovering water pollution data and pushing awareness of sewage pollution forwards. Buying a copy will help to support them continue the work they’re doing.