Waterwise has worked with the Environment Agency and a range of partners with expertise in water efficiency behaviour change initiatives to prepare a new toolkit to enable a standard approach to reporting on behaviour change projects in the UK. The purpose of the toolkit is to ensure water efficiency behaviour change projects can be evaluated […]
A new edition of environmental SCIENTIST – the journal of the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) – tackles the water crisis from all angles. The issue is titled ‘Watertight Solutions’ and is now available open access. In this issue, contributors take a critical look at how water in the UK has become one of the […]
A new report, commissioned by Affinity Water from thinktank DEMOS, sets out a number of policy recommendations to government on new build standards, joined up retrofitting, greywater reuse, smart metering and tariffs and on national leadership. Flowing Forward – Safeguarding the UK’s Water System sets out a number of policy recommendations to keep the taps flowing: Create […]
Waterwise has undertaken a useful analysis of demand management ambitions in the latest (autumn 2023) versions of Water Resource Management Plans. There is a step-up in ambition on demand management, with the latest plans reducing per capita consumption by an average of 6.5% in AMP8 and by over 20% by 2037. There is greater ambition […]
Waterwise has moved to a permanent Four Day Week for its staff – bringing benefits in staff wellbeing, financial stability, and impact on driving water efficiency in the UK. After a full year’s trial, organisational and staff metrics at Waterwise showed that not only had staff wellbeing – already at a high level – improved, but finances were […]
Defra has published the summary of responses and government response to the recent consultation on UK mandatory water efficiency labelling. There were a total of 98 responses to the consultation. The majority of respondents supported the introduction of a standalone mandatory water efficiency labelling to deliver the policy, with 74% of the responses agreeing or […]
Waterwise is encouraging households to join its water awareness campaign by turning off their taps for a few hours during Water Night on 19 October to support stronger action on climate change and water awareness. To take part in Water Night, households will turn off all non-essential taps between 5pm to 10pm during the evening of […]
The Consumer Council for Water (CCW) has published ‘Gloom and Bloom: Measuring emotional engagement with water-saving messages’ It explores different emotionally stirring water-saving campaign videos, from positive and uplifting (Bloom) to serious and startling (Gloom), to better understand how people respond to these messages. The insights from this report will help to shape future campaigns […]