19 Apr 2023
The National Trust, Yorkshire Water and the Woodland Trust are working together to create 350 hectares of woodland, install thousands of natural flood management interventions and restore peatland. Two public meetings in April will give people chance to learn more about plans A partnership project between the National Trust, Yorkshire Water and the Woodland Trust […]
12 Apr 2023
Defra has announced (10 April) that four swimming spots in England are being designated as bathing waters ahead of the warmer months and will soon benefit from regular water quality monitoring. Following a two-week public consultation, Sykes Lane Bathing Beach and Whitwell Creek at Rutland Water, Firestone Bay in Plymouth, and a section of the […]
12 Apr 2023
CCW has published its Forward Work Programme for 2023-24, which sets out the consumer champion’s strategic priorities and key campaigns for the coming year. They include: People and the environment – Increase awareness of the value of water and how people’s behaviour affects the water environment to 70% by 2030 through a series of initiatives. […]
12 Apr 2023
The Environment Agency has developed an operating framework for water supply reservoirs and flood risk management. This framework will: help decide which water supply reservoirs can provide flood risk management benefits enable consistent local decision making We have designed this framework to support engagement between the: Environment Agency water companies other partners, including local communities […]
12 Apr 2023
Floods Minister Rebecca Pow has announced the first communities in England to receive better flood protection as part of the government’s £100 million Frequently Flooded Allowance to protect areas which have been affected by repeated flooding. The first 53 projects announced today will be allocated more than £26 million in total, better protecting more than […]
12 Apr 2023
Southeast Asia’s Mekong may be the most important river in the world. Known as the “mother of waters,” it is home to the world’s largest inland fishery, and the huge amounts of sediments it transports feed some of the planet’s most fertile farmlands. Tens of millions of people depend on it for their livelihoods. But […]
12 Apr 2023
Reported in the New York Times and in phys.org The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced that, for the first time, the federal government will require utilities to remove from drinking water two toxic chemicals found in everything from waterproof clothing to dental floss and even toilet paper. Michael S. Regan, the administrator of the […]
12 Apr 2023
From The Guardian Ecologists say some bodies of water may already have passed the tipping points from which they may never recover As David Klee nosed his boat out into the channels of Whangamarino, he saw the birds were dying. Hundreds were already dead, floating, the sheen of their feathers dulling in the scum near […]
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