14 Nov 2024
The Environment Agency (EA) has published a consultation on its proposed updated national drought response framework. The EA is responsible for monitoring, reporting and acting to reduce the impact of drought on the natural environment. Photo credit: Kazuend The ‘Drought: how it is managed in England’ document is the updated version of the […]
14 Nov 2024
Research and development in the wastewater sector have shown that offsetting greenhouse gas emissions through improved efficiency and resource recovery is possible, but efforts beyond science and engineering are necessary to achieve net zero. Wastewater treatment is responsible for a relatively small percentage of global CO2 emissions, but it is one of the largest sources of […]
14 Nov 2024
From: Scheme opens up River Trent for coarse and migratory fish The Environment Agency’s £12m flagship project in the Colwick Country Park has been officially opened by Chair of the Environment Agency, Alan Lovell. It opens up the River Trent and its tributaries for migratory fish, including salmon, trout and eels, making more habitat accessible […]
14 Nov 2024
According to the Environment Agency (EA), nearly 500 inspections of water company assets have happened in South West. Inspection teams continue to grow, focused on checks, enforcement, and regulation. The EA has a goal to quadruple inspections to 4,000 by the end of March 2025. Photo credit: Erlend Ekseth South West Water sites […]
14 Nov 2024
Wessex Water has been found negligent after sewage leaks killed thousands of fish – with the company failing to report incidents to the Environment Agency as early as it should have. Photo credit: Rijk van de Kaa Swindon Magistrates’ Court today sentenced the company to pay a total fine of £500,000 after it […]
14 Nov 2024
Ofwat, the economic regulator for water in England and Wales, has published a consultation on the proposed standards that all water companies are expected to achieve when using their priority services registers to support household customers in England and Wales from 1 April 2025 onwards. Photo credit: Murilo Gomes Priority services registers identify […]
06 Nov 2024
There was limited progress at the COP16 Convention on Biological Diversity continues in Colombia, which aimed to agree on how to halt nature decline by 2030. According to the BBC, scientists say there has been an alarming lack of progress in saving nature as the summit, with experts saying the scale of political ambition has […]
06 Nov 2024
Last week’s Budget was designed to “fix the foundations of our economy”, but views on how it will help fix the environment are mixed. Defra’s overall funding will rise slightly in real terms, although its day-to-day budget will see a small decrease, with officials warning that farming and flood defence budgets face £600 million in […]
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