16 Aug 2022
The vast majority of people in Scotland believe offshore wind has a vital role to play in Scotland’s future, according to a recent study. Of those surveyed as part of the study, 92% thought the renewable sector is important to Scotland in terms of its social value, with 89% believing the sector is important in […]
16 Aug 2022
Funded by the PML internal research program and the European Space Agency the innovative study – titled “Detection and Classification of Floating Plastic Litter Using a Vessel-Mounted Video Camera and Deep Learning” – was carried out as part of an undergraduate placement project, with the results now published in the journal Remote Sensing The model […]
16 Aug 2022
Under the UK Marine Strategy (UK MS) the UK is required to determine and measure the status of the health of its seas. For this, specific indicators are used for different ecosystem components to measure and assess progress. JNCC has undertaken work on behalf of Defra to understand where biodiversity data collected by statutory environmental […]
10 Aug 2022
Water UK blog Water and sewerage are uniquely sensitive to the impacts of a changing climate. The water industry has been working hard on its response: from mitigating industry’s own carbon emissions, to managing the multi-decadal impact of increased rainfall, to preparing for increased algal blooms in water sources. More than any other impact, though, we worry about […]
10 Aug 2022
Customer trust in water companies has fallen to its lowest point in 11 years, with perceptions of the fairness of charges for water and sewerage services also dropping off, according to CCW’s latest annual Water Matters survey for 2021. The organisation renewed its calls for a single social tariff to end the current “postcode lottery” […]
10 Aug 2022
We’re all too aware that climate change is a present reality, not least with the drier, hotter summers and increase in flooding. Add the growing pressure from population growth and economic development, and you can clearly see why there is concern about the impact on water supply resilience. The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) estimated that new water […]
10 Aug 2022
From waterbriefing A new research study is warning that climate change and increasing populations could be drastically reducing the resilience of wastewater infrastructure in the UK. Researchers from the University of Portsmouth have examined the dynamic changes in the resilience of UK wastewater treatment works, now known as Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRFs), and discovered […]
10 Aug 2022
The Environment Agency has updated its river habitat survey guidance. River habitat surveys characterise and assess the features of freshwater rivers and streams. Read more and download the guidance here. The Foundation for Water Research has published the Freshwater Biology and Ecology Handbook. This is a ‘Practitioners’ Guide to Improving and Protecting River Health’, with […]
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