25 Apr 2018
The Angling Trust: ‘In response to Thames Water’s draft 2019 Water Resource Management Plan (WRMP), the Angling Trust has called for the long-promised investment in a new reservoir at Abingdon in Oxfordshire to begin immediately rather than delayed until 2044. The Trust believes that the over reliance on demand management and leakage in the current […]
11 Apr 2018
Defra consults on nationally significant water resources infrastructure Defra has launched a new consultation seeking views on the types and sizes of nationally significant water resources infrastructure, including reservoirs, water transfer schemes and desalination plants, in order to amend the Planning Act 2008. Defra is consulting on its proposals for the types and sizes of infrastructure which […]
21 Mar 2018
This has been Water Saving Week 2018. The Waterwise website highlights a host of projects and ideas that would be useful for the rest of the year as well! Waterwise ‘We have plenty of tips, resources and challenges on the Water Saving Week website. You can also follow @Waterwise on Twitter and use #WaterSavingWeek to […]
14 Mar 2018
Two: Waterwise Blogs Government and Ofwat pushing ahead with water efficiency Aaron Burton: This post outlines what the 25yr Environment Plan has in store for water efficiency, and the common performance commitments for per capita consumption in the final Ofwat PR19 methodology. Following a joint workshop between the Leadership Group for Customer Participation and Water Efficiency […]
15 Feb 2018
A total of £260 million will be spent in the next financial year on schemes that will safeguard and improve water and sewerage services, including completion of our vast new water supply grid. As part of the grid project, we’re building a 200km (124 miles) water supply pipe from the south of our region in […]
10 Jan 2018
There seems to be a growing awareness that water quality is not improving despite the best intentions of everyone concerned. In this report DWI provide an analysis of the sources of failure in drinking water quality in 2016. Although I missed this in 2017 it provides a useful reference for those following these matters. DWI […]
10 Jan 2018
Guardian: Damian Carrington Environment editor ‘A year of unusually dry weather means parts of England are facing summer drought with groundwater and some reservoirs well below normal. A year of dry weather, only slightly alleviated by recent storms, has left much of south-east England facing drought this summer. Groundwater and some reservoir levels are well […]
03 Jan 2018
Defra Setting out how the government will reform the way we manage water abstraction, to protect the environment and improve access to water. These documents set out what the government is doing to reform the management of water abstraction. They summarise how we will work with abstractors to make these changes. The main document summarises all […]
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