Guardian: ‘Festooned with cranes, oil pipelines and manned by a crew of several hundred, the Pioneering Spirit sits in the port of Rotterdam like a giant marine version of a forklift truck. Next month this vessel, one of the world’s largest ships, will arrive in the North Sea and attempt to remove the 24,500-tonne top […]
Critics say plan for drifting ocean trash collectors is ‘unmoored’ Science By Erik Stokstad May 11, 2017, 2:45 PM ‘It is undeniably an ambitious vision. Boyan Slat, a charismatic 22-year-old drop-out inventor, plans to clean up plastic trash circulating in the North Pacific Gyre by launching a fleet of floating trash collectors. Ocean currents would propel floating […]
PML ‘If you haven’t already done so, by the end of May, please take time to complete a questionnaire for a survey that is being conducted by researchers at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) to assess the evidence on the economic benefits of marine protected areas and other spatial protection measures? The survey can be accessed […]
Come on down to the beach for a clean-up! This summer, we’re taking part in a project to get more over 50s onto the beach to help clean up our coastline. With beach litter increasing and impacting our wildlife, we really need your help. Litter blows onto our beaches from inland, arrives via rivers and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]