21 Apr 2020

Emma Howard Boyd, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, has been sharing her thoughts on the current crisis. She talks about how the Agency is delivering critical services, managing waste and flood risk, regulating hazardous sites and continuing to focus on pollution, including to water. Meanwhile, on the 22nd April the Environment Agency will be […]

14 Apr 2020

The cooling water report SC180004 ‘Nuclear power station cooling water: protecting biota’ has been published this morning on the Government website. The link is provided below. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nuclear-power-station-cooling-waters-protecting-biota ‘Nuclear power station cooling waters: protecting biota Project summary SC180004  – Environment Agency Introduction     This study reviewed the recent published literature on the effectiveness and UK applicability of […]

02 Apr 2020

Ofwat has provided guidance to the sector Water deemed an essential service   A key decision by Government confirmed that Water staff are ‘key workers’ Sewer blockages   There are many references to problem caused by the use of non-toilet paper alternatives use   Perhaps this is good time to reinforce messages on wipes etc? Companies commit to […]

26 Mar 2020

Guardian Water facilities and the coronavirus  Decades of chronic underfunding of water infrastructure is putting many countries at worse risk in the coronavirus crisis, with more than half the global population lacking access to safely managed sanitation, experts said as the UN marked World Water Day on Sunday.  Good hygiene – soap and water – are the […]

25 Feb 2020

This supplementary planning document sets out the standards required to meet the visions, objectives and policies of the Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Local Plans as sustainably as possible. It comes at a critical time in the approach to climate change and the environmental crisis by both local and national government, and after Parliament revised the […]

05 Feb 2020

Trying Veganuary Waterwise By Stephanie Hurry This year I decided to go Vegan for January to challenge myself and reduce my environmental impact.  Reducing meat consumption is one of the ways we can help the climate change conversations as well as save water due to certain meat products having very high water and carbon footprints. […]

06 Dec 2019

Water companies in England have launched a major project to design the plan that will help deliver their world-leading goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030.  The water industry is the first industrial sector in the UK, and one of the first major sectors in the world, to commit to a carbon zero […]

19 Nov 2019

The Environment Agency’s water quality monitoring programme has come under fire obtained by Unearthed shows the number of samples as data and sampling points has fallen by nearly 50% since 2013. The steep decline has raised serious concerns over the state of England’s environmental regulation as it prepares for a dramatic change in the legal and regulatory […]