Comment: A one off session – surely there needs to be a rather more systematic approach given the scale of the events. EFRA Interview the Environment Agency – in response to Storm Desmond Cumbria Scope of the inquiry ‘This one-off session was organised in response to Storm Desmond in early December. The first panel comprises of […]
PRESS RELEASE The challenges faced by the water sector are being met head on by the Future Water Association (FWA) as they announce a formal partnership with the Sheffield Water Centre at the University of Sheffield Both organisations have a clear goal of futureproofing the sector with innovative thinking and practical solutions and creating a […]
Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Water) has been ordered to pay record-breaking £1 million after polluting a canal in Hertfordshire. This is the highest ever fine for a water company in a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency. The case was brought by the Environment Agency after Thames Water caused repeated discharges of polluting matter […]
Bob Earll It is difficult to put all of the aspects of this massive event into context; this is an event that will dominate thinking and debate for many years to come. Some initial thoughts. Scale of the flooding and storms – equivalent to or greater than 2007 The current series of storms have been […]
Bob Earll ‘The warning reports have been published. We have great difficulty in assessing ‘events’ in the context of a changing baseline. This is aided by our amnesia over past events. Remember the floods of 2007 and the Pitt report. This winter’s floods have shown that we – in particular George Osborne – needs to […]
Bob Harris ‘This is the last Demonstration Test Catchment (DTC) newsletter that I shall be putting together, the task passing to the Wensum DTC Consortium for 2016 (contact: Andrew Lovett). I’ve really enjoyed my 6+ years working with Defra, the DTC Consortia and the wider related research and stakeholder groups. The early days were exciting […]
Fourteen articles on catchment management – the usual mine of information – click here to the website and News sections http://www.demonstratingcatchmentmanagement.net/ Short articles on the following topics: Storm Desmond causes devastating floods in River Eden catchment Is there evidence of ‘biogeochemical stationarity’ in the River Wensum catchment? DTC Data and the Data Archive The Use […]
DECC chose December 22nd to make over 50 announcements on its websites including on the FIT for solar, flooding the world with information Dec 22nd was obviously a good day to bury bad news. https://www.gov.uk/government/latest?departments%5B%5D=department-of-energy-climate-change Business Green – James Murray – Davey accuses government of ‘butchering UK’s renewables on the basis of Alice in Wonderland […]