20 Apr 2022
From WaterBriefing In a water industry first, South East Water has launched a new consultation on its first draft 25 Year Environment Plan. The innovative plan sets out how fresh water only supplier, South East Water, will protect the environment for the next 25 years. The draft 25 Year Environment Plan is the first of […]
20 Apr 2022
Artist’s impression of Oxford Flood Scheme, viewed from Devil’s Backbone The Environment Agency has submitted the planning application to build the Oxford flood alleviation scheme. This is a significant step towards reducing flood risk to homes, businesses and transport links in Oxford. A major project led by the Environment Agency in partnership with 9 other […]
13 Apr 2022
Environment Agency research and analysis on water quality looks at what 3 future environmental land management schemes can achieve by 2027 The Environment Agency has estimated the pollution reductions from voluntary land management and land use change until 2027. The following future environmental land management schemes are one group of a wider set of schemes […]
13 Apr 2022
Between 2015 and 2021 government invested £2.6 billion into a flood and coastal defence programme for England. Capital investment into flood and coastal erosion risk management is crucial to achieve government’s long-term ambition to create a nation more resilient to future flood and coastal erosion risk. This report sets out: some of the key headlines […]
13 Apr 2022
From the Guardian Water companies discharged raw sewage into English rivers 372,533 times last year, a slight reduction on the previous year. The water companies covering England released untreated sewage for a combined total of more than 2.7m hours; compared with 3.1m hours in 2020, according to data released by the Environment Agency (EA) on […]
13 Apr 2022
13 Apr 2022
The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Virginia), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Municipal Stormwater Alliance (NMSA; Alexandria, Virginia), and other partners have been working to identify and dismantle barriers hampering stormwater capture and use (SCU) adoption. The team has released a new report, titled Pure Potential: The Case for Stormwater Capture and Use, which aims […]
13 Apr 2022
The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) has teamed-up with nine other environmental organisations to form the Blue Recovery Leaders Group. The initiative, which includes the Berkeley Group and The Church Commissioners for England aims to “fight climate change, restore our wellbeing and help nature recover”. Each organisation involved has committed to develop initiatives that will help WWT […]
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