19 May 2016
Future Water Association Votes on its ‘Future’ In a recent member vote to support a change in the Future Water Association’s Articles of Association, the voting support greatly exceeded 80% of the membership with unanimous agreement for the proposed changes. Amendments to Articles of Association are usually made as part of a legal requirement; however for […]
18 May 2016
Water Briefing A vote to leave the European Union would result in the UK giving up billions of pounds of infrastructure investment every year, the Prime Minister warned on Saturday – an outcome which has significant implications for the UK water sector. An exit from the EU would terminate Britain’s membership of the European Investment […]
18 May 2016
Water Briefing: A new research study says that climate change and extreme weather – including unusually wet summers in the UK – are linked to high pressure weather systems over Greenland, one of the fastest-warming regions of the world. A team of climate change experts at the University of Sheffield, led by Professor Edward Hanna […]
18 May 2016
Aquafund : ‘A new government framework has been launched, which public sector organisations can access to reduce their water costs and consumption by 30%, through the multi-million pound AquaFund Grant Scheme. The framework provides an OJEU-compliant route for the public sector to access the grant, which provides all the finance and managed services to reduce […]
18 May 2016
Water Company – What’s the target? With energy bills being one of the biggest water company overheads (50% by some estimates) the target the companies are setting for becoming self sufficient are interesting as a range of comments providing the context to recent renewables investment highlights. The growing technical expertise of water companies with AD, […]
18 May 2016
River diverted to reduce flood risk Environment Agency ‘Northumbrian Water and the Environment Agency began the £7 million joint flood reduction scheme in October 2014. The Brunton Park scheme will reduce the risk of flooding to more than 100 properties in Mitford Gardens, Princes Close, Fairway Close, Princes Road, Waterbury Road and Clayworth Road. Diverting […]
18 May 2016
The Environment Agency has published an independent report commissioned to investigate how water got into the Foss Barrier Pumping Station in York on 26 December 2015. On Boxing Day, more than 600 homes and businesses were affected when exceptionally high rainfall and river levels led to extensive flooding in the city of York. The Environment […]
17 May 2016
Mary Creagh MP, has written to DEFRA Secretary of State, Liz Truss MP & Matthew Hancock of the Cabinet Office, to raise concerns about the ‘chilling effect’ that an anti-lobbying clause in research grant conditions could have on select committee scrutiny. See links below. Letter from Mary Creagh to Elizabeth Truss ( PDF 37 KB) […]
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