21 Aug 2025
Image description: Haweswater reservoir. Image by Dave Noonan from Pixabay United Utilities has announced a £3bn deal to refurbish the Haweswater aqueduct, which carries water from Cumbria to 2.5m customers across Greater Manchester and Lancashire. The 68-mile pipeline is almost 70 years old, and the refurbishment has been described as ‘one of the largest […]
21 Aug 2025
Image description: Long-range view over the Lake District. Image by Dave Noonan / Pixabay. According to a comprehensive analysis of water quality in England’s largest lake, bathing water quality is poor throughout the summer across most of Windermere, indicating high levels of sewage pollution. the Big Windermere Survey uncovered high levels of bacteria found […]
21 Aug 2025
Image description: Two firefighters walking holding firefighting foam, a common source of PFAS. Image by Maria Moczydlak from Pixabay. New research suggests exposure to some common PFAS or “forever chemical” compounds causes changes to gene activity, and those changes are linked to health problems including multiple cancers, neurological disorders and autoimmune disease. Researchers examined […]
21 Aug 2025
Image description: Fishermen from Qarmat Ali with the Nahr Bin Umar oilfield across the Shatt al-Arab River. They complain that due to pollution and the river’s increased salinity, they often pull in dead fish. Image by Daniela Sala / The Guardian. The Guardian recently reported on the decline of Iraq’s Hawizeh wetlands, part of […]
14 Aug 2025
Image description: A swimmers back profile as they stand chest-high in water. Photo by Chris on Unsplash A new government analysis revealed thousands more waterways are being used for swimming and boating in England than were previously recorded. Their data revealed 3,347 “water recreation locations”, places where people take part in activities including swimming, […]
14 Aug 2025
Image description: Aerial view of the Hong Kong skyline at dawn. Photo by Simon Zhu on Unsplash Hong Kong firm in lead to buy Thames Water Hong Kong’s CKI, an infrastructure company is reportedly a leading contender to buy Thames Water if the heavily indebted company collapses in coming weeks, according to the Times. […]
14 Aug 2025
Image description: Aerial view of two tractors driving toward each other along parallel lines. Photo by Johny Goerend on Unsplash After legal pressure from campaign group River Action, the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs has closed what they claim was “a major loophole”; manure can now only be spread when crops actually […]
14 Aug 2025
Image description: strawberries in a black plastic punnet. Image by Engin Akyurt / Pexels A new report from Deep Science Ventures has uncovered that the industrial economy has created more than 100 million ‘novel entities’ (chemicals not found in nature), and around 40,000 – 350,000 can be found in commercial use and production. However, […]
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