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24 Nov 2022

NewsWater

On 18 November 2021, the Environment Agency (EA) and Ofwat announced separate major investigations into possible unauthorised discharges at thousands of wastewater treatment works. The Environment Agency is now investigating more than 2,200 wastewater treatment works (WWTW) that discharge into English waters. This relates to all water and sewage companies. The Environment Agency’s initial assessment indicates that […]

24 Nov 2022

NewsWater

Catching urban runoff in raingardens and rainwater capture tanks improves the water quality of nearby streams and rivers and lowers water temperatures that have risen in the region due to climate change and the urban heat island effect, according to a new report spanning two decades. When natural landscapes are replaced with urban infrastructure environments, the temperature […]

24 Nov 2022

NewsWater

New research from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), in conjunction with partners from Austria and the Netherlands, has highlighted an unseen issue with plastic pollution: The researchers have found that the amount of plastic pollution may be under-reported, and we are suffering from multiple blind spots regarding the amount of plastic in our waterways. The researchers suspect […]

24 Nov 2022

NewsWater

For the first time in 180 years an endangered and rare fish has reached an ancient spawning ground. The BBC has reported that DNA tests from samples have shown that the twaite shad, a type of herring, is present in the River Severn. The discovery was made by the Worcestershire project, Unlocking the Severn, that […]

24 Nov 2022

NewsWater

A multi-million pound project to raise the Middle Level Barrier Bank of the Ouse Washes Flood Storage Reservoir has been completed. Following 6 years of construction, the project maintains the standard of flood protection to more than 2,000 properties and 67,000ha of agricultural land. The raising of the bank on the vitally-important reservoir was carried […]

24 Nov 2022

NewsWater

New research shows 81% of people are concerned about the cost of their energy bills this winter The average household of four could save £472 per year by making small changes to save water Only one third (30%) think it is important to save water during winter, compared with almost 80% during the summer Water […]

24 Nov 2022

NewsWater

Water companies have been releasing sewage on to beaches and in rivers even when it is not raining, according to a report from Surfers Against Sewage. The environmental group said that: For the first time, we’ve used rainfall data to investigate potentially illegal ‘dry spills’. Sewage outflows are only permitted in ‘unusually heavy rainfall’, but our […]