17 Apr 2025
Image description: People attending a march. A man is wearing a green t-shirt which reads “don’t poison our water”. Image credit The Climate Reality Project. Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) have released their annual water quality report, which “brings together sewage discharge data, sickness data and figures from our Safer Seas and Rivers Service app […]
17 Apr 2025
Image description: Rowing boats stowed away. Image credit Antonio Babuli/ Pexels. The iconic Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race took place on Sunday 13 April. However, pre-race excitement was overshadowed by results from water-quality testing, which revealed levels of E. coli bacteria almost three times above the Environment Agency’s threshold for “poor” bathing waters, along […]
17 Apr 2025
Image description: The Roman Baths museum in Bath. Image credit Rachel Claire / Pexels. The University of Bath has opened the UK’s first pilot wastewater monitoring centre which it says could help avoid future pandemics. The early-warning public health surveillance system is based on detecting traces of chemicals and biological markers found in water. […]
17 Apr 2025
Image description: A beaver sitting in water. Image by Matej Bizjak / Pexels. An opinion piece by farmer and owner of Argaty Red Kites, Tom Bowser, has called out NatureScot for stalling beaver reintroductions, declaring “something is wrong at the heart of NatureScot”. Tom Bowser questions the Nature Agency’s ongoing blocking of beaver releases, […]
17 Apr 2025
Image description: Sewage pipes on the right flow out into an ocean on the left. Image by Tom Fisk / Pexels. New levy proposed to cover enforcement costs The Environment Agency (EA) has revealed details of how it intends to implement a levy on water companies to recoup the money it needs to carry […]
17 Apr 2025
Image description: Aerial shot of Dunball sluice during early refurbishment. Image by the Environment Agency. The Environment Agency has completed a £9.7 million refurbishment of the Dunball Sluice, a crucial tidal defence asset near Bridgwater that helps protect homes, businesses and internationally important freshwater habitats across the Somerset Levels region. The agency has upgraded […]
10 Apr 2025
Image Description: Water treatment facility from a birds-eye view. Image by Tom Fisk. In a letter sent to water companies, Ofwat Chief Executive David Black has urged water companies to look into ways 30 major infrastructure projects can be delivered faster and more efficiently over the next 15 years. In reviewing their projects, Ofwat […]
10 Apr 2025
Image description: A close-up show of a tap running. Image by Steve Johnson / Pexels. CMA granted 6 month extension for price review Ofwat has granted the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) request for an additional six months to redetermine price reviews for five water companies. Anglian Water Northumbrian Water South East Water […]
