Virtual Field Trips
Dell Quay to Fishbourne
4. River Lavant & Water Treatment
The River Lavant rises about 9 miles north of here near East Dean as a spring from the chalk of the South Downs. It flows mainly in the winter and spring when the water table in the chalk is high and stops flowing for much of its length in the summer and early autumn. There is water in the section joining the harbour all the year round as the water from the treatment works flows into it here.
River Lavant
River Lavant
The River Lavant joins
Chichester Harbour by means of a sluice gate in the sea wall.
The River Lavant and Fishbourne stream are good places to study the features of rivers on a small scale. To find out more about rivers fieldwork click here.
Lavant Channel
Birds
The channel from the sluice gate to where it meets the main channel is popular with wading birds, ducks, geese and swans at low tide.
Floods
Most of the time the Lavant is a gently flowing river. However there are times when it floods. Click here to find out when and why the River Lavant flooded.
Water treatment works
Water treatment
At Apuldram there is a water treatment works that cleans dirty waste water so it can be safely released into the harbour.
Strandline Rubbish
Water quality
Water is essential to life and something that is constantly recycled. We need water to drink and to use for many purposes around the home and work place. Water is also essential to all wildlife. Most of this water needs to be clean if it is to be useful. Rubbish dumped in the water is often washed up on the strandline. This can lead to the water becoming polluted, which in turn can cause disease and death.
Find out more about how they clean the water
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