The Hardcastle Crags Natural Flood Management (NFM) interventions have been proven a successful test project by scientific monitoring, showing that NFM does work to help alleviate flooding! Therefore, (as we have always known, but it’s nice to have proof) the more NFM and SuDS interventions we can implement, and the more widespread we can make […]
Restrictions should be put on bottled water advertising and a 10p tax should be added to shrink-wrapped packs to curb the UK’s 10m bottle-a-day habit, according to campaigners hoping to tackle the plastic pollution crisis. In a policy paper produced by the consultancy Retail Economics, Brita said market sales of bottled water had grown to […]
Ofgem will be legally required to consider the UK’s net-zero carbon emissions target in all decision making, after the UK Government backed down to widespread pressure. The legal mandate is included within an amendment to the Energy Bill. The Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) has said it will amend the regulator’s existing […]
A new report from the European Investment Bank on investing in nature-based solutions Nature-based solutions are cost-effective interventions that provide environmental, social, and economic benefits and build resilience. This report highlights the challenges involved in financing nature-based projects and draws on the European Investment Bank’s experience in implementing the Natural Capital Financing Facility pilot programme […]
Interesting article on the role grey and black water is playing in San Francisco. San Francisco is at the forefront of a movement to recycle wastewater from commercial buildings, homes, and neighborhoods and use it for toilets and landscaping. This decentralized approach, proponents say, will drive down demand in an era of increasing water scarcity. […]
Monitoring has shown that summer levels of dissolved oxygen in lakes are declining. New analysis reveals that this is probably due to effects of global warming, and will be detrimental for aquatic species and potentially methane emissions. The level of dissolved oxygen is a determining factor in various aspects of aquatic ecosystems, influencing its quality […]
Water companies covering England and Wales have this week published final Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans, setting out how they will work in partnership to improve drainage and environmental water quality over the next 25 years. The plans cover flooding, pollution, storm overflows, nature-based solutions, SuDS and more. Combines, more than £108 billion will need […]
Government has stepped up action to tackle harmful plastics and clean up our waterways by challenging producers of wet wipes to address concerns over how they label their products. Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey has written to wet wipes producers setting out her concerns about the number of wet wipes that are flushed down UK toilets […]