10 Aug 2022
Customer trust in water companies has fallen to its lowest point in 11 years, with perceptions of the fairness of charges for water and sewerage services also dropping off, according to CCW’s latest annual Water Matters survey for 2021. The organisation renewed its calls for a single social tariff to end the current “postcode lottery” […]
28 Jul 2022
Water shortages could become more serious and frequent due to climate change, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has warned and reported by the BBC. The environment watchdog says drier summers in Scotland could seriously affect water supplies. The warning comes after record breaking temperatures earlier in the week. Scotland’s east coast is facing the […]
08 Jun 2022
From Defra Innovative projects to restore and rewet peatlands, create green urban spaces and improve flood resilience are among 50 schemes to benefit from the final round of a pioneering fund to drive private investment in nature and tackle climate change. The second round of the Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (NEIRF), announced today by […]
24 Feb 2022
‘Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, World Water Tech Innovation Summit, 22 February 2022 Thank you for inviting me back. ‘……….. Two years ago I said that all of us need to think differently if we are to tackle successfully the new reality of the climate emergency. Today I want […]
14 Dec 2021
Urgent call to put water efficiency at centre of climate crisis action An urgent call to action has been raised to get the country back on track reducing demand for water across England, not only to tackle the growing national water deficit (around four billion litres of water a day by 2050), but also to support […]
23 Nov 2021
The focus of this paper is on Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus at a domestic level and how it presents both a challenge and an opportunity. The challenge is the contribution of water and energy to greenhouse gas (GHG emissions); the opportunity is to provide solutions, such as the 50L home, as a building block to signicantly reduce […]
28 Oct 2021
WaterUK on the Net Zero Strategy made this point … ‘For example, the Heat and buildings Strategy, published at the same time as the Net Zero Strategy, contained many laudable ambitions. But for our homes to be fit for the future they must be water efficient as well as energy efficient and we would have […]
08 Jun 2021
There is a torrent of information on the Defra website at present in connection with sustainable farming standards, including on how land managers can create lakes and ponds to benefit wildlife and improve the landscape. Defra ‘Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot: environmental outcomes and benefits The 8 standards include one on ‘Water Body Buffering’ will help […]
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