10 Apr 2025

Image Description: Water treatment facility from a birds-eye view. Image by Tom Fisk.   In a letter sent to water companies, Ofwat Chief Executive David Black has urged water companies to look into ways 30 major infrastructure projects can be delivered faster and more efficiently over the next 15 years. In reviewing their projects, Ofwat […]

10 Apr 2025

Image description: A close-up show of a tap running. Image by Steve Johnson / Pexels.   CMA granted 6 month extension for price review Ofwat has granted the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) request for an additional six months to redetermine price reviews for five water companies. Anglian Water Northumbrian Water South East Water […]

10 Apr 2025

Image description: Water being boiled on a stove. Image by Anna Shvets / Pexels.   South West Water owner Pennon has revealed that a major water contamination incident in Devon last year has contributed to a cost hit of £36 million in “reshaping and transformation” costs. Pennon was forced to add a “triple layer of […]

10 Apr 2025

Image description: Wide shot of the houses of Parliament. Image by Dominika Gregušová / Pexels.   The UK Parliamentary Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) inquiry is currently considering whether enough is being done to address the risks of PFAs in the UK and whether research institutions and the Environment Agency are equipped to detect and […]

10 Apr 2025

Image description: A wading curlew foraging in water. Image by Rober So / Pexels.   New planning reforms could push species towards extinction and destroy precious habitats, the UK’s leading nature organisations have warned the government. The heads of over 30 UK conservation groups have written to Defra Secretary of State Steve Reed and Housing […]

08 Apr 2025

 Image description: A row of offshore wind turbines on the horizon. Image by Thomas G. / Pixabay.   Offshore wind supply chain and port infrastructure set for £15m boost  The second round of The Crown Estate’s innovative Supply Chain Accelerator is focused on funding for crucial development of manufacturing facilities and port infrastructure to enable […]

08 Apr 2025

Image description: A survey boat passing in front of a row of offshore wind turbines. Image by Bente Jønsson / Pixabay.   UK fisheries being ‘squeezed’ out  Evidence presented to the recent Environmental Audit Committee revealed increasing concern from Members of Parliament and industry observers over the cumulative impact of UK government marine policy on […]

08 Apr 2025

Image description: A plastic bottle, polystyrene and driftwood on a sandy beach. Image by Catherine Sheila/ Pexels.   Not a single inch of the Mediterranean is clean  A new study has shone a light on one of the highest concentrations of deep-sea litter ever detected at the deepest point of the Mediterranean Sea. Scientists captured […]