19 Jun 2025
Photo by Marijn Flapper on Unsplash The latest report from the Ofwat Innovation Fund identifies the challenges and opportunities for nature-based solutions in the water sector. The From source to sea: harnessing nature for whole catchment innovation report is the fourth in the Ofwat Innovation Fund’s learning report series. The new report focuses on […]
16 Jan 2025
Useful article in New Civil Engineer Water industry experts have expressed dismay at the news that mandatory sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) for developments over 100m2 is not being introduced, despite the Department for Food, Rural Affairs and Environment’s (Defra’s) promise. Despite the government saying that Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 would […]
12 Sep 2024
UKWIR has published a useful new report: Improved understanding of retrofit SuDS whole life cost, carbon and delivery to enable deployment It shows that the costs, carbon and wider delivery complexities of retrofitting SuDS are generally poorly understood and very sensitive to assumptions and the local context. This is a risk for companies when committing […]
05 Jun 2024
A new report from the Royal Academy of Engineering (National Engineering Policy Centre) looks at the priorities for mitigating health risks from wastewater pollution. This report examines the interventions available to reduce the public health risks associated with using open waters for recreation that may be polluted with faecal organisms from human waste in sewage. […]
20 Mar 2024
The government has (13 March 2024) responded to the Commission’s study on reducing the risks of surface water flooding, published in November 2022. While it accepts the principles behind a number of the Commission’s recommendations, the government’s response – in the Commission’s view – makes few new commitments on steps to manage surface water flood risk more actively, […]
06 Mar 2024
The government has announced that 19 councils are set to be granted exceptional financial support for the next financial year. In principle support for these councils for 2024-25 is worth around £1.5bn, enabling them to use capital receipts from asset sales or borrowing to fund day-to-day costs up to that amount. Further in principle support for […]
17 Jan 2024
The BBC reports on concerns raised by residents over new road flood prevention measures in Mansfield. This shows the challenges in rolling out more than 20,000 SuDS to be installed across the town, which would reduce flood risk for 90,000 people. Key concerns relate to access and loss of car parking. Read more
