Ofwat ‘Introduction to the guidance At PR19 Ofwat announced a £469 million ring-fenced development fund for companies to investigate and develop strategic water resource solutions that benefit customers, protect and enhance the environment and benefit wider society. This funding provides companies with the ability and certainty to accelerate the development of solutions to be ‘construction […]
Pharmaceuticals in rivers threaten world health – study BBC ‘Pollution of the world’s rivers from medicines and pharmaceutical products poses a “threat to environmental and global health”, a report says (see link below). Paracetamol, nicotine, caffeine and epilepsy and diabetes drugs were widely detected in a University of York study. The research is among the […]
Defra ‘Farmers take ownership of nitrogen targets in Dorset’s Poole Harbour Farmers in Dorset’s Poole Harbour catchment are aiming to become some of the most nitrogen efficient in the UK. Poole Harbour is designated as a Special Protection Area (SPA), Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Ramsar site. But an increase in nutrients entering […]
Guardian Drinking water containing dangerously high levels of toxic chemicals has been pumped into the homes of more than 1,000 people, the Guardian can reveal. Cambridge Water has admitted it removed a supply containing four times the legal limit of perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) from the homes of customers in south Cambridgeshire in June last year. […]
The Guardian Jan 29th Sandra Laville and Rachel Salvidge ‘It is desperate’: how Environment Agency staff were silenced as pollution worsened As public disgust at foul waterways in England grew, the body responsible for protecting them tried to stifle internal criticism The internal email dropped into staff inboxes at a time when public outrage about pollution in English […]
The Environment Act gradually comes into force with the OEP receiving its legal powers Greener UK Each section of the Environment Act comes into force via commencement orders which are laid in Parliament. On Monday 24 January, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) assumed its legal powers via powers via Commencement Order No.2. Having campaigned […]
https://www.ciwem.org/news/tackling-sewage-borne-litter Guest blog by Dr Peter Matthews, past president of CIWEM and former chair of Natural Resources Wales Government is currently calling for evidence on commonly littered and problematic plastic items. In line with its stated commitment to eliminate avoidable plastic waste by 2042 it is consulting on bans on a range of single-use plastics. It wants […]
Environment Agency ‘Enforcement Undertakings accepted by the Environment Agency: 10 September to December 31 2021′ Environment Agency ‘Our approach to enforcement undertakings (EUs) An EU is a voluntary offer made by an offender to: put right the effects of their offending put right the impact on third parties make sure the offence cannot happen again […]