08 May 2025
Image description: Close up shot of dry and barren soil. Image by Markus Spiske / Pexels The Environment Agency (EA) has urged water companies to do more to safeguard water supplies, and people should start rationing their water use, after the driest start to spring in 69 years. The government has also asked the […]
14 Dec 2021
Water UK’s recent report, 21st century rivers: ten actions for change, puts storm overflows in the context of the full range of reasons why rivers are falling short of good ecological health. It calls for a new cross sector National plan for rivers to systematically tackle them. 21st Century Rivers: From Recovery to Renewal Over much of the last 100 […]
28 Oct 2021
Water UK ‘The Net Zero strategy must not be the end of Government ambition By William Davies (20-10-2021) With COP26 looming on the horizon the Government finally published its long awaiting net zero strategy this week. With a publication this anticipated ministers will have been expecting some criticism, and it duly came. Political opponents and NGOs […]
28 Oct 2021
WaterUK on the Net Zero Strategy made this point … ‘For example, the Heat and buildings Strategy, published at the same time as the Net Zero Strategy, contained many laudable ambitions. But for our homes to be fit for the future they must be water efficient as well as energy efficient and we would have […]
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 […]
05 Nov 2020
Water UK’s CEO Christine McGourty considers the role of partnerships in building a blueprint for decarbonisation in the water industry and beyond BuisnessGreen ‘Water is critical to all our lives, and yet it’s estimated that England alone could see a shortfall of at least 3.4 billion litres of water a day by 2050 as a […]