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Regulation for Water Quality – How to Safeguard the Water Environment” – A new book

This book by Martin Griffiths, Chris Chubb and Simon Spooner titled “Regulation for Water Quality – How to Safeguard the Water Environment” http://www.fwr.org/WQreg/index.htm has been written to make environmental water quality regulatory principles and best practice available to all – policy makers, regulators, water industry practitioners and environmental NGOs. It provides a reasonably comprehensive, innovative […]

Ofwat – Price Review – Final Determinations published

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A wealth of information and headlines on the Ofwat website: http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/pricereview/pr14/finaldet Comment – Guardian: ‘Water bills to smash £400 a year barrier despite regulator taking action Ofwat moves to cut bills by 5% – but customers will not see this as they will still rise with inflation The average household water bills will rise to […]

Resilience – Open to Interpretation – Nicci Russell – Ofwat

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Speaking at a Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) event this morning, the regulator’s director of parliamentary and public affairs Nicci Russell said that by keeping the definition broad and open to interpretation it allows the water companies to meet their own relevant needs. She said that resilience has a “broad scope” and […]

New Climate Normal – World Bank Report – see the video

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Dramatic climate changes and weather extremes already affecting millions of lives, but solutions exist. World Bank WASHINGTON, November 23, 2014 – ‘ the planet warms further, heat-waves and other weather extremes that today occur once in hundreds of years, if ever, would become the “new climate normal,” creating a world of increased risks and instability. […]

How Does Fracking Impact Drinking Water? Learning from the US Experience

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By Sara Jerome@sarmje USA Water Online: ‘As new technologies promise to treat fracking wastewater to a point where it can be reused, there’s a new question: Is it clean enough to drink? Probably not, researchers say. Returning fracking wastewater to the environment “is just as risky as dumping any municipal treated wastewater back into rivers. […]

Dredging up Trouble: Government urged to resist playing politics over winter flood measures

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Blueprint for Water: ‘Potentially environmentally-damaging dredging must not be prioritized over other proven flood-prevention measures in this year’s Autumn Statement on 3 December 2014 is the warning to Government by Blueprint for Water. In a new report Dredging up Trouble, 10 of the Blueprint for Water partners– a coalition of organisations, representing over two million […]

The Design of Water Abstraction regimes in situations of water scarcity – Mike Young

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Mike Young is known to many in the UK water sector from his visit several years ago where he clearly set out the challenges imposed by Australia’s experience of very severe droughts. He writes ‘I recently published an article on the Design of Water Abstraction Regimes. Variously described as water entitlement, water licensing, water right […]

Water Security Knowledge Exchange Portal – News and events

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The WSKEPortal is designed for users of water research and water data. In addition to news and events listings, it provides a fast introduction to national-scale datasets, includes 60 case studies that demonstrate the efficacy of high-quality research, and puts you in touch with those actively involved in water research. Click here for more information.