06 Oct 2022
How old is your water? It may seem like a peculiar question at first, but there are real implications to how long a drop of water has spent underground. Research suggests that the water cycle is speeding up in some places as a result of human enterprise. Scientists at UC Santa Barbara discovered […]
06 Oct 2022
The Environment Agency has released a report on salmonid and fisheries statistics for 2021. The report covers England and Wales and provides a summary of the declared catches of salmon, sea trout, eels, smelt and lamprey by rods, nets and other fishing instruments for 2021. It covers England, Wales and the Border Esk in Scotland. […]
06 Oct 2022
The Environment Secretary has announced that the potential civil penalty is to rise from £250,000 to up to £250 million to help bring quicker enforcement action against water companies for causing pollution. The Minister will bring forward proposals to raise the civil penalty for water companies who pollute the environment by 1,000-fold. The […]
06 Oct 2022
Investment zones with “liberalised” planning laws to accelerate development could be designated within national parks and in the most environmentally protected areas of the UK, government documents reveal and reported in the Guardian. Details of the government’s new zones to increase housebuilding and commercial development reveal councils can apply for zones in national parks, […]
06 Oct 2022
Water scarcity has already proven to be a significant impact in eastern parts of Scotland this year as the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) reveals the extent of extreme, dry conditions experienced. This summer in the east was the tenth driest in 100 years. Eight out of the last 12 months saw below […]
06 Oct 2022
The third round of Ofwat’s innovation competition –Water Breakthrough Challenge – has opened, encouraging innovation and collaboration to transform water services with up to £38 million available in funding. The Water Breakthrough Challenge, run by Ofwat in partnership with Challenge Works, Arup and Isle Utilities, aims to encourage initiatives that help to tackle […]
06 Oct 2022
A “snapshot” survey of England’s largest lake found water quality is “not high” in all areas but that there was “no evidence” of problems across the whole of Windermere. Lancaster University, which published the results, said it marked the start of a long-term monitoring programme, the BBC reported. Zoologist Matt Staniek has warned […]
29 Sep 2022
National Drought Group states that careful and proactive management of water resources is needed throughout the winter to reduce the risk of drought next year. Participants at the latest National Drought Group (NDG) meeting have set out further action needed now and over winter to mitigate the impacts of drought on water supplies, agriculture and […]
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