02 May 2018
The National Infrastructure Commission has warned that households face a high risk of having their water cut off in times of severe drought, unless utilities halve leakage and build a new grid to transport supplies around the country. The report urges the government to ‘immediately’ start adopting a twin track approach to boost supplies while […]
02 May 2018
Soil is currently being destroyed ten times faster than it’s being created. This is not only putting the farming sector at risk and costing England & Wales £1.2 billion a year, but is affecting the health of our rivers. A new report by WWF, The Rivers Trust and The Angling Trusts shows that spending approximately £10 million […]
02 May 2018
Severn Trent – Cash for Catchments: The Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) partnerships were brought in by Defra in 2011 to help achieve the Water Framework Directive initiatives. These partnerships bring together a wide range of local organisations (including NGOs, water companies, local authorities, landowners, angling clubs, farming groups, academia, and local businesses) to promote collaborative […]
02 May 2018
Natural Course launched the outputs from its Natural Capital Account and Ecosystem Services and Opportunity Mapping Study for the Irwell Management Catchment at a dissemination and training workshop held on 23rd April in Manchester. The report provides compelling evidence that the natural environment of the Irwell Management Catchment provides significant and sustained value to society. Highlighting the […]
02 May 2018
Bruce Horton update on Climate change and water 1. State of the World’s Water As the latest UN Climate Change Conference kicks off in Germany, a new report on the state of the world’s water warns that 5 billion people could face water shortages by 2050, as a result of increased demand, pollution and climate […]
02 May 2018
Northumbrian Water has signed a green deal with Orsted to power all 1,858 of its sites using renewable electricity for the next four years. The deal is worth more than £100 million and builds on the company’s existing sustainability commitments including using 100 per cent of its sewage sludge to create energy through advanced anaerobic […]
02 May 2018
The NFM Network Scotland ‘Natural Flood Management (NFM) is a catchment scale technique that involves working with natural features and processes to manage the sources and pathways of floodwaters. It typically involves restoring the natural capacity of a catchment to slow or store floodwater and covers a spectrum of measures from full scale restoration of […]
01 May 2018
Jean Luc Solandt, MCS: “A couple of weeks ago Michael Gove invited marine ‘stakeholders’ around his table in Defra to discuss the efficacy (or lack of it) of current MPAs in UK domestic seas. He’s interested in the role and (perhaps) lack of designation of Highly Protected Marine Areas in our seas. 3.5 years after […]
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