15 Feb 2023
Durleigh wetlands driving water quality improvements Natural habitats helping to substantially reduce chemicals and boost water quality at Somerset reservoir As World Wetlands Day is celebrated, project continues to drive big drops in ammonia and phosphorus in nearby water courses Biodiversity increases by up to three-quarters and continues to climb as Wessex Water maintains push […]
15 Feb 2023
Valuing Nature: The Case for Nature-Related Assessment & Disclosure – Capitals Coalition The connection between nature and business is foundational, with economic activity of all kinds dependent on the value we receive from the natural world. This report by the SustainAbility Institute by ERM and the Capitals Coalition, addresses challenges facing companies in the complex and […]
08 Feb 2023
On 1 Feb, Lib Dems tabled an amendment to the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill, which has just been passed in the House of Commons, with the Government standing down their opposition to our campaign. The amendment ensures that the Government’s new Infrastructure Bank will not invest in water companies unless they produce a costed and […]
08 Feb 2023
The government has announced that the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is to be broken up as part of Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet reshuffle. The prime minister has unveiled a new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, which will be led by Grant Shapps, previously the BEIS secretary. This could help prioritise […]
08 Feb 2023
Average yearly water and sewerage bills in England and Wales are forecast to rise by £31 (7.5%) to £448 in the forthcoming year, below inflation (November CPIH inflation, which regulators set as the benchmark, was 9.3%). Water bills remain lower, in real terms, than they were a decade ago. Read more at Water UK The […]
08 Feb 2023
From waterwise Defra, the Environment Agency and Ofwat have written to the chairs of the five regional water resource planning groups in England to confirm that they expect the groups to continue and deliver a further round of regional multi-sector water resource planning. The regulators highlight the benefits of working beyond company boundaries, optimising water […]
08 Feb 2023
Major water projects could be fast tracked through planning under Government plans to reform the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) regime. On 25th January, Michael Gove, secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, told Parliament that his department is working with Defra, BEIS, Treasury and the Department for Transport on modernising the approach […]
08 Feb 2023
Over the past few months, the scandal of our sewage-polluted watercourses and seas in the UK has had widespread publicity. The public is rightly horrified that most of our British watercourses are not fit for swimming in and that untreated sewage spills have occurred so often – but not all of us are aware that […]
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