21 Aug 2024
A new report, Embracing Nature, published by The Wildlife Trusts, identifies drought as the current leading threat to their nature reserves for the first time. The Wildlife Trusts, who are among the UK’s largest landowners with 2,600 nature reserves covering nearly 100,000 hectares (ha), also point to pollution, invasive species and habitat fragmentation as high […]
22 May 2024
Climate change is worsening floods, droughts and is reducing water quality, posing an increasing threat to our health, according to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report. Fast-tracking implementation and better coordination of efforts by governments, water authorities and healthcare providers are urgently needed to prevent and reduce health impacts. The EEA report ‘Responding to […]
24 Apr 2024
Groups of farmers will be offered support to work together to store water and protect against the impact of drought through a new fund launched by the government today (Monday 22 April). The £1.6 million fund will be used by farmers to investigate different methods to manage water in their area. Projects could include multi-farm […]
24 Apr 2024
There’s a new gold rush in the American west. But this time, the prospectors are private firms, and they’re scouring the region for a different precious resource: water. For the past several months, the Guardian has been investigating an unprecedented deal in which a corporation, backed by global investors, sold rights to the Colorado River’s […]
22 Jan 2024
UKWIR (UK Water Industry Research) has published an update to the Drought Code of Practice to incorporate the experience arising from the 2022 drought. Consideration has been given to new channels of communication such as social media that was not available in 2013, and agreement has been reached on how to deal with new uses […]
17 Jan 2024
An investigation by Greenpeace has found that the Environment Agency said South West Water was ‘not honest’ about the risk to water supplies during the 2022 drought. From the investigation…….. We’ve uncovered some damning Environment Agency documents in which the watchdog discusses how unprepared one water company was for the record-breaking heatwave that hit the […]
10 Jan 2024
Over 80 per cent of the public are concerned about the state of nature in the UK – with the health of our water vital to this majority. More than three-quarters of the public believe water reform should be a major priority for the next government following a general election. Experts believe that our water […]
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