15 Sep 2022
Many water companies provide discounts to developers to incentivise building new homes that use less water and avoid letting surface water enter the public sewer system. To ensure water companies are doing what they can to incentivise developers, Ofwat reviewed the current incentives offered to developers. Ofwat has released a review of water companies’ environmental […]
15 Sep 2022
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has launched a 12-week consultation on proposals for new water efficiency labelling to protect water supplies and cut energy bills. Based on 2019 prices, the label could save £125 million on water bills and £147 million on energy bills over 10 years, as well as 1,200 million […]
08 Jun 2022
Waterwise has published its draft water efficiency strategy for consultation. The document sets out a cross-sector strategy to deliver greater water efficiency in the UK by 2030, including: Why water demand needs to reduce – so everyone has an understanding of the challenges faced across the UK. The objectives to achieve by 2030 – 10 […]
05 Jan 2022
05 Jan 2022
As part of growing efforts to deliver greater water savings to business water users Thames Water has just shared a great open access online water benchmarking tool. The tool has been designed to provide a water use benchmark for hotels, hospitality, leisure, offices, retail, schools and university halls. Users input some basic details of their […]
06 Jul 2021
Plans to help households across England use water more efficiently, part of an ambitious agenda to build back greener from the pandemic, have been announced by the Environment Secretary. The proposals – announced in response to a public consultation on personal water usage – will balance the growing demand on national supplies with the ambitions in the our […]
05 May 2021
Waterwise link Water UK release Everyone is being encouraged to make every drop count this summer as Water UK joins forces with water efficiency experts, Waterwise, to launch their 2021 Water’s Worth Saving campaign. Water’s Worth Saving aims to drive change in how we use water – we need to act fast and do more, […]
03 Mar 2021
Waterwise has drafted a new paper, with input from the UK Water Efficiency Strategy Steering Group, highlighting the role that water efficiency can play in reducing carbon emissions over the next two decades. Around 6% of the UK’s total greenhouse gas emissions are from household water supply and use. This equates to over 2.6 kg […]
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