“In the 10th episode of the Arizona Highways podcast, host Steve Goldstein and Arizona Highways editor Robert Stieve talk with Dee Dee O'Connell, an avid hiker and adventurer from London — she's explored more of our state than most Arizonans.”

“Dee O’Connell, of London Waterkeeper, a group pushing Thames Water to provide real-time data on sewage releases, said: ‘We need to make sure the data is accurate, but this is important because it gives communities information and enables them to put pressure on the company to invest in local areas to stop this. With this knowledge people can hold the water company to account.’”

“Dee O’Connell, chairwoman of London Waterkeeper’s board, points to a few of the other qualities that make Theo a strong advocate: passion, fearlessness and a scientific mind. She reached out to him several years ago after a massive fish kill on the River Lea, a tributary of the Thames that her house in East London faces.”

“Environment Agency investigates Olympic Park pollution incidents.
The incidents were spotted in late April and early May by chair of the London Waterkeeper rivers charity Dee O'Connell, while taking lockdown exercise.”

The area of wetlands in east London was created as part of the development of the Olympic Park. It was hailed as a legacy project to create a haven for plants, animals and insects for the public to enjoy. Dee O’Connell, a campaigner at the London Waterkeeper charity, tweeted live footage of one of the spills.

Dee O’Connell, who lives in a house on the banks of the Lea in Hackney Wick said: “There were dead fish rotting outside my door – the smell of it turned my stomach.” Ms O’Connell tests the river water for pollutants on a fortnightly basis, and said “I love the Lea Valley and I love the Lea, but at times it is just disgusting.”