08 Jun 2022

From the Environment Agency Pollution from a water pumping station caused the death of over 5,000 fish in an Essex river. On 6 June 2016, Environment Agency officers were called to Shenfield and Hutton Water Recycling Centre, a sewage treatment works operated by Anglian Water, following an incident. It was found that all 3 pumps […]

08 Jun 2022

From EurEau Minister Darragh O’Brien and Irish Water announced (1 June) it is sending two containerised water treatment plants (WTPs) to Ukraine in response to urgent calls for support to provide clean water in the war-torn region. Irish Water is in a position to provide two of these mobile WTPs which will be transported to […]

08 Jun 2022

Waterwise has published its draft water efficiency strategy for consultation. The document sets out a cross-sector strategy to deliver greater water efficiency in the UK by 2030, including: Why water demand needs to reduce – so everyone has an understanding of the challenges faced across the UK. The objectives to achieve by 2030 – 10 […]

08 Jun 2022

Impacts of climate change on water management — stocktaking, scope for action and strategic fields of action In December 2020, the German Working Group on Water Issues of the Federal States and the Federal Government (LAWA) prepared a comprehensive report on the concerns, potential responses and strategic fields of action in water resources management, updating the previous work […]

08 Jun 2022

New funding opportunities to support research projects on adaptation to climate change Under the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2021-2022, six new calls will contribute to the implementation of the Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change. The calls will close on 27 September 2022. User driven applications and tools for regional and local authorities, and other […]

08 Jun 2022

This research shows that green space provision in new developments in England and Wales has drastically declined over recent years. The study, based on the People and Nature Survey, shows that individuals living in neighbourhoods built after 2000 are almost twice as likely to report having no access to a garden than those in developments […]

08 Jun 2022

From the Ecologist Climate breakdown impacts could cause damage to the UK equivalent to cutting the size of the economy by at least 7.4 percent by the end of this century, unless there are stronger reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions. This is the “stark warming” contained in a report published today (30 May 2022) […]