07 Jan 2016
PRESS RELEASE The challenges faced by the water sector are being met head on by the Future Water Association (FWA) as they announce a formal partnership with the Sheffield Water Centre at the University of Sheffield Both organisations have a clear goal of futureproofing the sector with innovative thinking and practical solutions and creating a […]
06 Jan 2016
Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Water) has been ordered to pay record-breaking £1 million after polluting a canal in Hertfordshire. This is the highest ever fine for a water company in a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency. The case was brought by the Environment Agency after Thames Water caused repeated discharges of polluting matter […]
06 Jan 2016
Bob Earll It is difficult to put all of the aspects of this massive event into context; this is an event that will dominate thinking and debate for many years to come. Some initial thoughts. Scale of the flooding and storms – equivalent to or greater than 2007 The current series of storms have been […]
06 Jan 2016
Bob Earll ‘The warning reports have been published. We have great difficulty in assessing ‘events’ in the context of a changing baseline. This is aided by our amnesia over past events. Remember the floods of 2007 and the Pitt report. This winter’s floods have shown that we – in particular George Osborne – needs to […]
06 Jan 2016
Bob Harris ‘This is the last Demonstration Test Catchment (DTC) newsletter that I shall be putting together, the task passing to the Wensum DTC Consortium for 2016 (contact: Andrew Lovett). I’ve really enjoyed my 6+ years working with Defra, the DTC Consortia and the wider related research and stakeholder groups. The early days were exciting […]
06 Jan 2016
Fourteen articles on catchment management – the usual mine of information – click here to the website and News sections http://www.demonstratingcatchmentmanagement.net/ Short articles on the following topics: Storm Desmond causes devastating floods in River Eden catchment Is there evidence of ‘biogeochemical stationarity’ in the River Wensum catchment? DTC Data and the Data Archive The Use […]
06 Jan 2016
DECC chose December 22nd to make over 50 announcements on its websites including on the FIT for solar, flooding the world with information Dec 22nd was obviously a good day to bury bad news. https://www.gov.uk/government/latest?departments%5B%5D=department-of-energy-climate-change Business Green – James Murray – Davey accuses government of ‘butchering UK’s renewables on the basis of Alice in Wonderland […]
06 Jan 2016
The Environment Agency has published a summary of consultation responses to the recent update of the water company drought plan guideline. There is support for closer links between the drought plan and water resource management plan, and for options to enhance resilience to be set out in drought plans. The new Guideline is now available.
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