Action for the River Kennet is a group of people who care about the Rivers Kennet and Pang and their tributaries. We are the local rivers trust for all the rivers in the Kennet and Pang catchments. We are catchment hosts for the Kennet Catchment Partnership and joint hosts for the South Chilterns Catchment Partnership.

• We actively campaign to protect chalk streams, regaulary engaging with MPs and decision makers.
• We campaign to improve water quality, believing that every river should be fit to support a healthy wildlife population and pose no risk to human health. Marlborough Sewage Treatment Works was one of the first treatment works in the country to be fitted with a phosphate stripper to improve the quality of treated sewage effluent.  This was largely a consequence of ARK's campaigning. We continue to campaign for higher standards at sewage treatment works in chalk stream headwaters, and for an end to untreated sewage spills.
• We were one of the first organisations to highlight the impact of road runoff on river heath, and consider this one of the most critical issues facing our rivers today.

• We succesfully campaigned to reduce abstraction and export of water from the Kennet Valley to Swindon. As a result Thames Water have invested 30 million pounds in a new pipeline that will protect the River Kennet by providing and alternative source of water for Swindon during low flow conditions. We continue to press for improvements to leave more water in the river for wildlife. 
• We watch and comment on planning decisions which may affect the health of the river.

• We work with farmers to identify and reduce their impact on the water environment.