13 Oct 2020
New riparian tree planting grant for Catchment Partnerships – deadline 30th October
CaBA ‘£1.4m of new funding for tree-planting projects with a focus on the water environment this financial year. Our experience through the Water Environment Improvement Fund has shown how partnership working can deliver excellent tree planting projects. This summer we, therefore, sought an indication of what our partners could achieve this financial year. Following your enthusiastic response, £1.4m of new funding […]
13 Oct 2020
Rainwater harvesting and grey water recycling – New Independent Review
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) and grey water recycling (GWR) are ways of generating alternative sources of water. A new review sets out the costs and benefits This can be used for some non-potable uses instead of mains water which is treated to meet strict drinking water standards. To date, both RWH and GWR systems have been […]
13 Oct 2020
Escaped Scottish fish farm salmon now found in three Cumbrian rivers
BBC ‘Nearly 50,000 salmon escaped from storm-damaged fish farm Salmon that escaped from a fish farm near Campbeltown during Storm Ellen have now been found in three rivers in Cumbria in England. Almost 50,000 fish escaped when cages at the North Carradale farm broke free from their anchors in August. Many have been found in local waters […]
07 Oct 2020
Growth in Ireland’s dairy farming over the last decade has led to serious pollution in rivers and at the coast
Pollution from farming increases massively from a planned surge dairy farming plan. Guardian ‘Ireland is experiencing a water pollution crisis. A lack of investment in managing sewage is part of the story: half of urban wastewater treatment plants don’t meet minimum EU standards, while raw sewage from 77,000 people across Ireland flows into the environment every day. […]
07 Oct 2020
Environment Agency report on dismal Water Company performance
The EA report shows four out of the nine companies are falling short of expected standards – Anglian, Northumbrian and South West Water and Southern Water. Southern Water is the first company to be rated as 1 star (poor) since 2015. Emma Howard-Boyd – the Chair’s Report ‘This report is about the 9 water and sewerage companies […]
07 Oct 2020
‘We will leave our environment in a better state than we found it’ Conservative Government 2010
There is serious momentum developing around the failures on many levels to address the worsening, chronic pollution of our rivers from many sources. This comes soon after England’s shocking water classification results showed just 16% of water bodies meet the criteria for Good Ecological Status against 25 Year Environment Plan’s target of 75%. Newspapers like […]
07 Oct 2020
Sewage discharges: NGO Coalition calls for new laws to end sewage discharges into UK waters
There has been a growing concern over the summer about CSO pollution and Defra have announced that over 1000 people responded to their consultation on creating a Bathing water at Ilkley. Guardian ‘A coalition of river and sea organisations is calling for targets for water companies to reduce sewage discharges to be included in the […]
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