10 May 2017
David Black is the Senior Director at Ofwat. This presentation, ‘Water 2020: Wholesale markets and PR19’, was given at the Water Industry Asset Management Conference, 10 May 2017. Over the next 18 months, water companies in England and Wales will be drawing up their business plans for 2020 to 2025, as part of the ‘Periodic […]
10 May 2017
The Blueprint for Water coalition ‘Over the next 18 months, water companies in England and Wales will be drawing up their business plans for 2020 to 2025, as part of the ‘Periodic Review 2019’ (PR19). The Blueprint for Water coalition is calling for water companies’ 2019 Price Review investment plans to deliver a ‘water neutral’ PR19 and […]
10 May 2017
Unlike the immediacy of flooding events droughts by their very nature creep up slowly, and then once people realise, they are upon us. Three articles which provide food for thought. Water Briefing: Drought on the horizon for the UK? The widespread publication of reports in the national press and media flagging up the prospect of drought […]
10 May 2017
EU Science Hub: The European Commission has published the Urban Water Atlas for Europe showing how different water management choices, as well as other factors such as waste management, climate change and even food preferences, affect the long-term sustainability of water use in cities. The new atlas – the first of its kind – illustrates […]
10 May 2017
Four articles wrapping up the last Parliament – Bruce Horton Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Committee House of Commons The environment and climate change have had a low profile in the run-up to the general election. However, BEIS Secretary of State Greg Clarke has told MPs that leaving the EU’s internal energy market would be […]
10 May 2017
Dr Phillippa Pearson named ‘Environmental Professional of the Year’. The award celebrates outstanding achievement in protecting, preserving or enhancing the environment and recognises her “passion and commitment” to the environmental sector. The woman behind Welsh Water’s award winning WaterSource approach that looks after drinking water catchments, Dr Phillippa Pearson, was awarded the Society for the […]
09 May 2017
UK killer whale died with extreme levels of toxic pollutants Guardian: ‘Adult whale Lulu was one of UK’s last resident pod and had never produced a calf, probably because pollutants in her blubber had caused infertility. ‘One of the highest concentrations of toxic pollutants ever recorded in a marine mammal has been revealed in a […]
09 May 2017
Scotland: Building a commercial seaweed industry. First policy guidelines for sustainable seaweed cultivation. The first set of policy guidelines for the commercial cultivation of seaweed in Scotland have been published. The Seaweed Cultivation Policy Statement also sets out the framework concerning the environmental impacts of seaweed farms, including the requirements to: consider and mitigate adverse […]
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