07 Jul 2020
Exclusive in the Guardian “Water firms discharged raw sewage into England’s rivers 200,000 times in 2019” Newspaper highlights how untreated effluent flowed into waterways for more than 1.5m hours, whilst England’s privatised water firms have paid £57bn in dividends since 1991. Water companies in England discharged raw sewage into rivers on more than 200,000 occasions […]
07 Jul 2020
From Waterwise newsletter During the driest May since records began, demand for water was the highest that it’s ever been. Water UK reported an average overall increase in water use of 20%, with some areas hitting 40% above normal for the time of year – representing an increase of more than 2.2 billion litres per […]
07 Jul 2020
Achieving the net-zero target by 2050 will require an unprecedented transformation of our infrastructure. The vital infrastructure systems on which the UK is built – such as energy, transport and utilities – currently contribute the majority of the UK’s emissions. Read the ICE summary and access the report here. While the 2050 target may seem […]
07 Jul 2020
Inspiring webinar with Prof Nicola Beaumont from Plymouth Marine Laboratory on interdisciplinary working. In the full report Demystifying Interdisciplinary Working (in Valuing Nature), Prof Beaumont has brought together experiences, suggestions, and top tips from her own expertise in this area, the CoastWEB project, as well as from a wide range of contributors and collaborators. Abstract […]
07 Jul 2020
From Green Infrastructure Partnership The PERFECT project, an Interreg Europe funded project on the multiple benefits of green infrastructure led by the TCPA, has published two new expert papers: ‘What does good green infrastructure policy look like?‘ considers best practice for developing a policy assessment tool to assess plans, policies and programmes. Written by Professor Alister Scott, Department of Geography and Environmental […]
07 Jul 2020
Our world is changing rapidly and so are water services. Innovation is key to guaranteeing the affordability of safe, sustainable and resilient water services for the decades to come. Water service providers are well aware of the challenges and have identified a number of technological and non-technological areas requiring particular innovation efforts with a view […]
07 Jul 2020
BlueHealth is a pan-European research initiative investigating the links between urban blue spaces, climate and health. It is combining interdisciplinary approaches to examine how wellbeing might be promoted through the development of blue infrastructure. Funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, BlueHealth has brought together over 90 researchers from nine European institutions. It ends in […]
07 Jul 2020
The International Water Association (IWA) is undertaking a survey to better understand the top priorities for water and wastewater utilities to address climate change mitigation and adaptation. The survey is part of the Climate Smart Utilities Community of Practice and the goal is to better support and serve the water sector in addressing common challenges […]
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