06 Nov 2024

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has published a series of reports on future projections of water resource and demand in the UK. The reports include: Analysis of outputs – A report discussing future projections of UK river flows impacted by water abstraction or discharge under different warming scenarios, up to 2080. Hydrological […]

09 Oct 2024

The Environment Agency has published analysis of the water resources management plan annual review submissions from water companies across England for the period April 2023 to March 2024.   Credit: Tom Fisk   According to the Agency, this reporting year’s wet weather has provided respite for the industry following the widespread drought conditions in 2022. […]

28 Aug 2024

Ofwat has published details of how it will consider projects as part of the RAPID (Regulators’ Alliance to Progress Infrastructure Development) programme going forward, the overall portfolio of RAPID projects and the approach to the gated process, including expected deliverables. Ofwat will relax the strict criteria it applied to water resource solutions at PR19 – […]

26 Mar 2024

The Environment Agency has published  a review of England’s revised draft regional and water resources management plans, to identify whether the plans proposed by water companies will secure resilient and sustainable water supplies up to 2050. The Agency found nearly 5bn litres per day, which is more than a third of the 14bn litres of […]

29 Nov 2023

Millions of pounds will be saved by the water industry in England and Wales thanks to a new water resources model, Pywr-WREW, developed by a researcher at the Environmental Change Institute, ECI. Dr Anna Murgatroyd, Research Associate, has been awarded £50,000 funding to rebuild the national Water Resources model for England and Wales using open-source […]

28 Jun 2023

The Environment Agency has published a summary of England’s draft regional and water resources management plans. It considers whether the proposed plans will secure resilient and sustainable water supplies up to 2050. Key issues highlighted in the summary include The Agency argues that “following recent droughts that some water companies are less resilient than expected”, […]

19 Apr 2023

As announced in the recent Plan for Water, the government has published a new National Policy Statement for water resources infrastructure. There is also a summary of responses and government response to the recent consultation on the Statement. In an (un)timely report published the data after the new National Policy Statement, the National Infrastructure Commission […]

22 Mar 2023

‘Very sensitive subject’: plan to take Welsh water for London stirs painful memories (The Guardian) ‘Drowning’ of village of Capel Celyn to provide water to Liverpool in the 60s remains an emotive issue On a February night 60 years ago, three young men battled through blizzard conditions to plant a bomb at a construction site […]