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In reply to Post #1
Are you sure the existing club can do anything even if they wanted to in the first place, especially if it's a drinking water reservoir or river top up reservoir?
A ressy I used to fish was owned by a water company, a top up ressy for rivers, not sure about drinking, in any case the club were powerless to do anything. Even when the water levels dropped to a puddle with draining off to support the local river, and the fish could be seen struggling, they couldn't do a dammed thing, even asking for water to be left at a higher level was too much 
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In reply to Post #1
The other issue is there are a number of Spoilers/wasters so called activists etc. out there example Peta who will look for the slightest excuse to damage angling in any way they can. The world is changing and not in my opinion for the better.
Not far from me is a large very picturesque pond which had a good head of fish and cared for somehow it became a site of SSI you can still fish it . But silt is gradually turning it into a bog with a silt depth of five foot or so. There is approximately 12 to 18 inches of murky silty water left for fish to survive in. It is gradually turning into a marshy bog nothing apparently can be done to alleviate the state of the pond a crying shame.
Do be careful do everything by the book do not give an excuse to those that would see angling banned.
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In reply to Post #4
I organised exactly this with a local club a good few years ago.
You just need to know that you have enough like-minded people willing to become committee members and put in the necessary effort.
We managed to completely turn a club around. The committee was totally dominated by match orientated anglers and the rules reflected this. We weren't even allowed to use a brolly with stormsides.
If you care about the water/club enough, put your effort into changing things. I wish you all the best with it if you do.
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I,d be really ,really careful how you approach this ,recently a well run established club in the Derbyshire area has been lost to angling ,turning into a biodiversity hub no less. at the moment it's not being managed at all..
Apparently it was very well run ...
Try to get change from within ,because if people start going 'rambo' you stand a chance of angling finishing altogether..
Go steady ,kid gloves, and all that .
BTW ,we should all take note it's a labour led council ,with the actions fully supported by a member of the loonys,ie Green Party...
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In reply to Post #1
Find out when the next committee meeting is taking place. Turn up mob handed and declare a Coup d' etat... probably best not to take the committee outside and have them shot... 
In all seriousness your best bet is trying to force change from the inside. If you can get enough members together to write to the committee with there concerns and asking for a Extraordinary general meeting. Asking for a vote of no confidence in the committee. Or at the very least get them to address the issues the water is facing. Good luck..
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In reply to Post #1
Report it to the EA.
Daz
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In reply to Post #1
Need to approach Thames Water and speak with them about it, maybe put in a complaint?
You’ll need to find out the length of the lease remaining, if TW have clauses to terminate the lease which could be actioned.
What you run the risk of is TW stopping angling altogether on the venue so tread lightly.
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There's a local res near me, run by a local angling club, and owned by Thames water.
The angling club is run by old match boys that don't care about fish welfare, and the res is in a very bad way currently. Algae bloom, no oxygen, fish and birds dying left right and centre. There's some lovely old fish in there! They're satisfied the water is fine and have said it's ok for fishing, when everybody else knows it needs to be closed and oxygen created for it to recover.
My question is, is there a way to force this particular angling club off the water and get another local better run angling club to take over?Any other possible courses of action?
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