17 Aug 2017
Each week I look at about 15 websites to prepare CMS Water News. I’m only too well aware that I can’t know everything but I discovered this week that River Basin District Liaison Panels were disbanded in February. These were seen as a key part of the governance arrangements for managing the Water Framework Directive. […]
17 Aug 2017
South West Water to pay £142,524 for Devon and Cornwall breaches Environment Agency: Illegal discharges at sewage treatment works in Denbury and Praze an Beeble broke permit conditions. South West Water Ltd has been ordered to pay more than £142,000 in fines and costs for discharging poor quality effluent from two of its sewage treatment plants. […]
17 Aug 2017
Welsh Water’s pesticide disposal scheme achieves 100% approval rate Trial collected over 1,600 kgs of pesticides and herbicides Free and confidential disposal scheme was offered to targeted rural areas across Wales 100% of participants said they would recommend the scheme Welsh Water’s free and confidential pesticide disposal scheme has been hailed a success after it […]
17 Aug 2017
We do big dams and hydropower in the UK – we also have the experience of floating solar power schemes – in Thames and United Utilities. Since all the transmission infrastructure is in place for hydro already this would be an easy win. Innovation: World’s 1st combined hydroelectric & solar power plant goes live […]
14 Aug 2017
This quick and dirty piece of work is critically important for UK’s short term policy decision making on energy. Think Hinckley, Swansea tidal barrage, solar, offshore and onshore wind and fracking. These two commentaries provide the backdrop to the review and what is at stake. One wonders how much the scale of damage climate change […]
14 Aug 2017
Sea level rise is non-linear and hot spots see greater than expected change Sea level rise hot spots—bursts of accelerated sea rise that last three to five years—happen along the U.S. East Coast thanks to a one-two punch from naturally occurring climate variations, a new University of Florida study shows. After UF scientists identified a […]
14 Aug 2017
This set of documents would be astonishingly helpful to anyone want to comment on the Fisheries Bill and what it might contain. Fishing regulations: The Blue Book The Fisheries Blue Book is a single collection of UK and EU laws. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) tries to maintain The Blue Book with up-to-date legislation but cannot […]
14 Aug 2017
Welsh Government must provide leadership to protect our marine environments 09/08/2017 ‘The Welsh Government needs to take a stronger lead to safeguard our marine environments for future generations, a National Assembly Committee says. Mike Hedges, Chair of the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee, launched the report at the National Eisteddfod. The report into the […]
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