17 Mar 2022
As reported in the Guardian, Severn Trent and Anglian Water say they will accelerate efforts to protect rivers after the government and regulators called on the sector to do more. Last month, the environment minister Rebecca Pow called on water companies to significantly improve their practices in England and Wales to support the local environment. The minister said the […]
17 Mar 2022
As reported by Edie, the Government has proposed new ambitions to boost biodiversity, protect habitats, reduce water consumption and pollution and halve waste. Should consultations prove that the Government has support for implementing these targets, which were first announced today (16 March), they will be enshrined in law through the Environment Bill. The Bill was designed to […]
17 Mar 2022
From the Environment Agency: How we’ll use the money we have for the people we serve by Sir James Bevan, Environment Agency Chief Executive Most of the Environment Agency’s work is funded by government grant. Following the recent Spending Review, which set government budgets for the next three Financial Years, we have now received our […]
17 Mar 2022
Back at the end of 2020 we covered the investigation of the destruction of 1.5 miles of the protected River Lugg in Herefordshire. Now, Natural England and the Environment Agency have launched a joint legal action against a landowner in response to that damage. The press release from the EA and Natural England says: This […]
17 Mar 2022
Leading organisations are working with the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) on a new initiative to help fight the climate, nature and wellbeing crisis by creating networks of healthy wetlands across the UK. The Blue Recovery Leaders Group inaugural meeting at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre, Gloucestershire, was chaired by chair of Natural England, Tony Juniper, […]
17 Mar 2022
Over 105,000 incidents of untreated sewage being dumped into Welsh rivers. A report by the Senedd’s Climate Change Committee is calling on the Welsh Government to take urgent action to tackle sewage discharges made by water companies into Welsh rivers. The report puts forward a series of recommendations to protect Welsh waterways, calling on the Minister […]
17 Mar 2022
The Worshipful Company of Water Conservators – one of the 31 ‘modern’ Livery Companies formed in the City of London – has responded to the call for evidence on the proposal to designate Wolvercote Mill Stream as a Bathing Water. Within it they focus on the wider challenge of the delivery of safe inland bathing water and […]
10 Mar 2022
Ofwat has announced that it is opening enforcement cases into five water and wastewater companies as part of its ongoing investigation into how companies manage their wastewater treatment works. Anglian Water, Northumbrian Water, Thames Water, Wessex Water and Yorkshire Water have been served formal notices to gather further information for enforcement purposes. This follows analysis […]
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