The 1st Walton on Thames Viking Sea Scouts are committed to safeguarding our community by testing the River Thames water weekly through to the end of September 2024 for e-coli and intestinal enterococci. For an explainer on what we are doing, please take a look at this short video: https://youtu.be/P1rfIXgBcqA

We are also collaborating with other local groups and we are grateful to them for their support:

- Walton & Sunbury Sea Cadets

- Walton Rowing Club

- Weybridge Rowing Club

Rochills have also very kindly donated enough to fund ten tests for which we are incredibly grateful.

Owing to a very generous discount from our lab, we are now able to perform two tests per week instead of the one per week that we have intended originally! To access the results of our testing and more information, please visit www.thames-watch.uk.

But we need your support to continue this essential work throughout the summer.

Your donation can make a real difference — please contribute today to help us keep the local community informed about the quality of the water.

If we are able to exceed our target, we will use any additional money to either extend testing into the autumn / winter, or we will add an additional test location in our area.