Drinkable Rivers

Towards a world of Drinkable Rivers

Not so long ago, most of our rivers were drinkable.

But not anymore. 

We work to make our rivers drinkable again.

Read our story

Most recent: Drinkable Danube Walk

Learn more about our Danube River Walk (Sep 18th to Oct 11th 2024)

Learn More
Our Walk Diary

Our book is now available in bookstores around the world!

 

English edition
Dutch edition

What we do

River Walks

Walking along rivers to engage with people and activate them to care for rivers.

Citizen Science

Engaging people to experience rivers by doing citizen science on water quality.

Action Communities

Building networks in watersheds to initiate actions towards drinkable rivers.

Newsletter

Stay up-to-date of all the buzz around Drinkable Rivers:

Events

Join a Drinkable Rivers event near you or online!

9 Dec 17-18CET

Good practice sharing: citizen science hub Tierpark Nordhorn
Join online

17 Jan ’25

Interest in Citizen Science?
Info session
More info

19 Jan ’25 8:45AM CET

Premier ‘Our Blue World’ in the NL
Film by the Sea
in the island Schiermonnikoog

1 Jan ’25

Course: Deepen your Roots
For discount: drinkablerivers10
6 March Li An teaches

21 Apr – 23 May ’25

Drinkable Scheldt River Walk

6 June ’25

7th gathering of Mayors for a Drinkable Meuse in source area (FR).

Media

River Rambling (Oct 2024)
Waterlands, WWT Podcast

Listen on: WWT ; Spotify ; Apple Podcasts

Drinkable Rivers with Li An Phoa (Jan 2024)
Upstream
Listen on: Upstream ; Spotify ; Apple Podcasts
First Mile joins Thames River Walk with Li An Phoa, founder of Drinkable Rivers (29th Nov 2023)
The First Mile
Read
Berkshire: Couple’s month-long trek for drinkable river water (11th Oct 2023)
BBC
Read
Nederlandse rivieren moeten weer drinkbaar worden (22nd Mar. 2022)
NPO – Radio 1
Listen (NL)
We maken onszelf schoon, maar de natuur vuil (13th Jan. 2022)
NRC
Read (NL) ; Read PDF (NL)
Li An Phoa – Behoud je enthousiasme (15th Dec. 2021)
De Standaard
Read (NL)
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