21 Sep 2021
21 nature organisations are calling for urgent measures to help lift England’s rivers, lakes and streams from the bottom of the water quality league table, and warn that drastic action is needed to restore wildlife habitat. Every freshwater body in England currently fails chemical standards and only 16% are classed in good ecological health compared […]
07 Sep 2021
Environmental NGOs including Waterwise, the RSPB, Angling Trust, Wildlife Trusts and Rivers Trusts have, as part of the Blueprint for Water coalition, just published their top 10 asks for the five new regional water resources plans. Linked to the publication Blueprint also published this blog and has organised a series of free water resources webinars aimed at […]
26 Aug 2020
Wildlife & Countryside Link / Blue Print for Water: Recently, you spoke of “thoughtful reform” of the Water Framework Directive regulations to deliver “even better outcomes”. In light of growing public concern about water pollution, over-abstraction of sensitive rivers and streams, and serious ongoing shortcomings in water quality, any weakening of Water Framework Standards would […]
22 Jul 2020
Read the full Coalition report here. Summary All life depends entirely on water. Yet, reflecting broader climate and ecological crises, the current state of England’s water environment is poor and declining. We go from floods to drought without a long-term strategic plan to adapt to and manage new climatic extremes – urgent action is needed. […]
09 Jun 2020
Blueprint for Water – Submission to the CMA on Water Company Re-determinations The principle of redetermination As the Water Industry economic regulator, a key part of Ofwat’s role is to ensure that companies are investing funds efficiently. Efficiency challenges are right and just. But the Final Determination decisions issued by Ofwat place at risk a […]
19 Sep 2018
Twenty environmental NGOs, co-ordinated by Blueprint for Water, and nine water companies are announcing today that they have pulled together to create a set of shared principles setting out how they will work together to help leave the environment in a better state. The companies and charities are already working together on many projects across […]
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 […]
13 Apr 2017
Blueprint response to the Government’s strategic priorities and objectives for Ofwat April 2017 Blueprint for Water is a unique coalition of environmental, water efficiency, fisheries and angling organisations and a campaign of Wildlife and Countryside Link. ‘We welcome the opportunity to engage with Defra on the Strategic Policy Statement (SPS) to Ofwat. We are pleased […]