19 Jan 2021
From Water Europe The European Union and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement on trade and cooperation which is the best outcome that we can expect for our future relations with our neighbouring country. We are happy to see that this agreement includes high environmental standards and opportunities to continue research and innovation cooperation. However, despite […]
18 Nov 2020
Water companies have unveiled a ground-breaking plan to deliver a net zero water supply for customers by 2030 in the world’s first sector-wide commitment of its kind. The Net Zero 2030 Routemap sets out the industry’s vision for how water companies, which together produce almost a third of UK industrial and waste process emissions, will play their part in tackling climate change by reaching net zero two […]
07 Oct 2020
The EA report shows four out of the nine companies are falling short of expected standards – Anglian, Northumbrian and South West Water and Southern Water. Southern Water is the first company to be rated as 1 star (poor) since 2015. Emma Howard-Boyd – the Chair’s Report ‘This report is about the 9 water and sewerage companies […]
07 Oct 2020
There is serious momentum developing around the failures on many levels to address the worsening, chronic pollution of our rivers from many sources. This comes soon after England’s shocking water classification results showed just 16% of water bodies meet the criteria for Good Ecological Status against 25 Year Environment Plan’s target of 75%. Newspapers like […]
01 Jul 2020
Last week we covered the Climate Change Committee’s 2020 report to Parliament. Recently, the Committee also set out its recommendations for a resilient recovery from Covid-19 (published May) and (last week) on the coverage of Environmental Land Management Scheme in letters to the Prime Minister, and Defra, respectively. On the green recovery, the CCC’s recommendations […]
12 May 2020
Tweet from Water UK, 11 May Earlier today, PM Boris Johnson mistakenly referred to COVID-19 being in the #water supply. It’s not, and No. 10 has now issued a correction. Your tap water remains perfectly safe. Earlier, Mr Johnson told MPs that people should exercise “good, solid, British common sense” in adapting their lives to […]
12 May 2020
Among the ongoing programme of CIWEM events is a free webinar series on ‘Nature-based solutions & the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme’. Defra has paused its consultation on proposals and ideas for its Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMs) which will usher in a new approach of public money paying for public goods, such as nature […]
12 May 2020
11 May The EU Water Alliance is proud to release today its new Manifesto which aims to highlight the pressing water challenges Europe faces and to set out the key actions required to overcome them. Water issues are set to become the most pressing challenge for Europe in the coming years, as underlined by the recent 2020 UN […]
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