22 Mar 2023
‘Very sensitive subject’: plan to take Welsh water for London stirs painful memories (The Guardian) ‘Drowning’ of village of Capel Celyn to provide water to Liverpool in the 60s remains an emotive issue On a February night 60 years ago, three young men battled through blizzard conditions to plant a bomb at a construction site […]
22 Mar 2023
World Water Day was 22 March and was about accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. According to the UN, we are seriously off-track to meet Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: clean water and sanitation for all by 2030. In the ancient story, the hummingbird carries drops of water to put out a […]
22 Mar 2023
A large group of stakeholders representing drinking and wastewater service providers, local public utilities, local and regional governments, environmental civil society organisations and water-related innovation industries unite their voice to support the financing mechanism proposed by the European Commission to ensure a fair and equitable distribution of the costs involved in removing micro-pollutants from wastewater […]
22 Mar 2023
This speech was given by Aileen Armstrong, Senior Director, Company Performance and Price Control on 20 March 2023 at the Future of Utilities: Water conference. The challenges for companies at PR24 You’ll hear a lot today about the pressures the sector is facing. Water resources. River and bathing water quality. Climate change. Cost of living […]
22 Mar 2023
Article from waterbriefing The warning comes in a new landmark report from the Global Commission on the Economics of Water (GCEW). The independent Commission, which comprises an independent and diverse group of experts from the fields of science, economics and policy-making, was established in May 2022 at the initiative of the Government of the Netherlands […]
22 Mar 2023
Covered by the BBC It might feel wet this week but experts are warning that parts of England need unseasonable rainfall to compensate for an abnormally dry winter. Rivers in some of England and Wales ran their lowest on record for February, according to data from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. […]
21 Mar 2023
Floating offshore wind power could be Wales’ 21st century version of the steel, coal and slate industries if a “hard line” is taken with the Crown Estate, ministers have heard. MPs called on the Government to ensure past mistakes with offshore wind projects are not repeated, and to guarantee new turbines off the Welsh coast are made by […]
21 Mar 2023
The MP for Middlesbrough, Andy McDonald, posed a question to the Defra Environment Minister regarding the recent conclusions of the Expert Panel on crustacean deaths in the North East of England. Mr McDonald said: ‘ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report by the Chief Executive of […]
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