23 Jul 2024
The Environment Agency has published a new guide for anyone who owns or occupies land or property next to or containing a main river in England. In ‘Your watercourse: rights and roles’, the Agency notes that, where a watercourse runs adjacent to or through your land you will be what is termed a ‘riparian landowner’. […]
23 Jul 2024
A new project has been launched to help restore the upper reaches of the River Wye, one of the UK’s most cherished rivers. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) announced the Upper Wye Catchment Restoration Project at the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show on 22 July 2024. Funded by the Welsh Government, this initiative aims to rejuvenate the […]
23 Jul 2024
The Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) has released a new guide to nature policies. The publication provides a plain English summary of the multiple and fast-emerging nature policies across the UK, and advice on how enhancing nature can add value to development projects. The legislative and investment-driven focus on nature is accelerating, with increased recognition that […]
17 Jul 2024
Last week’s Ofwat announcement on draft determinations for 2025-2030 business plans was covered in Water News. The headlines are that the £96bn proposed programme has been reduced by nearly 10% to £88bn, and allowable bill increases have been reduced by 33%. In slightly more detail, there is £10bn to reduce storm overflows, £1.4bn of which […]
17 Jul 2024
All 11 water and wastewater companies in England and Wales are now under scrutiny over sewage spills, after the regulator said it was expanding its investigation. This week, Ofwat opened enforcement cases into four more firms – Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, Hafren Dyfrdwy, Severn Trent and United Utilities – as part of its probe into […]
17 Jul 2024
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has written to water companies urging them to ‘be open’ about sewage spills and calling on companies to be as transparent as possible with customers about waste discharges into rivers. The ICO is a non-departmental public body which reports directly to Parliament and is sponsored by the Department for Science, […]
17 Jul 2024
The latest annual report from the Drinking Water Inspectorate shows that 99.97% of water samples in England complied with regulatory drinking standards in 2023. Chief inspector Marcus Rink said: “Drinking water in England is amongst the most tightly regulated and best quality in the world. Water companies consistently meet the stringent regulatory standards.” But he […]
17 Jul 2024
Interesting piece in New Civil Engineer Water running off roads in the UK is carrying pollution into the country’s waterways and causing “catastrophic damage”, but the issue has “flown under the radar” according to a new whitepaper from Keyline Civils Specialist. The report states that there are 1 million instances in the UK where water […]
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