21 Sep 2021
Ofwat has given its backing for 15 projects on the £500 million programme being overseen by the Regulators Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID) to progress further. Ofwat has published draft Gate 1 decisions on these strategic water resource schemes, which have been put forward by Affinity Water, Anglian Water, Cambridge Water (South Staffs Water), […]
21 Sep 2021
The Rivers Trust’s State of Our Rivers Report will, for the first time, allow every reader in England to understand the health of their local river and what they can do to improve it. Rivers are fundamental to our food and water security, the recovery of nature, and our resilience to the climate crisis. It is […]
21 Sep 2021
Good afternoon I’m delighted to announce that today the water sector innovation centre of excellence – Spring – has launched. This is a soft launch of the name, branding and the four main functions that will go live in December. We’re immensely grateful for the support we’ve received from water company colleagues as Spring has […]
14 Sep 2021
The international NNBF Guidelines provide practitioners with the best available information concerning the conceptualization, planning, design, engineering, construction, and maintenance of NNBF to support resilience and flood risk reduction for coastlines, bays, and estuaries, as well as river and freshwater systems. Read more here. The NNBF Guidelines include 20 chapters organized into three sections: overarching […]
14 Sep 2021
From the Guardian One of the first complaints lodged with the post-Brexit environmental watchdog accuses the government and Ofwat of failing to enforce the law to stop water companies from routinely discharging raw sewage into rivers. The office for environmental protection (OEP) is being asked to investigate why water companies have been able to continually fail […]
14 Sep 2021
From Water Briefing The Freshwater Natural Capital report states that England’s water bodies provide enjoyment for almost one million anglers over a total of 17 million angling days per year. The overall value of England’s freshwater fisheries’ natural capital is calculated to be a staggering £1.7 billion, plus several unquantified physical, mental health, and biodiversity […]
14 Sep 2021
From Water Briefing The Nature: Water theme seeks to highlight how governments, organisations and businesses across the world are responding to the increased risk of droughts and flooding, to enable communities to thrive in a warming world. Led by non-state actors from business, investors, civil society, academia, cities and regions, it seeks to increase the […]
14 Sep 2021
From gov.uk The government (BEIS) has published a revised approach to valuing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in policy appraisal, following a cross-government review during 2020 and 2021. What are carbon values? Greenhouse gas emissions values (“carbon values”) are used across government for valuing impacts on GHG emissions resulting from policy interventions. They represent a monetary value that […]
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