14 Jul 2020
14 Jul 2020
Research on Property Flood Resilience
As part of an Environment Agency project on property flood resilience information (PFR), CIWEM has put together a survey to help understand how information provision and training on PFR can be improved, which can be found at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PFRtrain. The 5-minute survey is initially open until Friday 17th July, but may be extended. CIWEM is very […]
07 Jul 2020
Combined sewer overflows back in the press
Exclusive in the Guardian “Water firms discharged raw sewage into England’s rivers 200,000 times in 2019” Newspaper highlights how untreated effluent flowed into waterways for more than 1.5m hours, whilst England’s privatised water firms have paid £57bn in dividends since 1991. Water companies in England discharged raw sewage into rivers on more than 200,000 occasions […]
07 Jul 2020
Highest ever demand for water in May
From Waterwise newsletter During the driest May since records began, demand for water was the highest that it’s ever been. Water UK reported an average overall increase in water use of 20%, with some areas hitting 40% above normal for the time of year – representing an increase of more than 2.2 billion litres per […]
07 Jul 2020
State of the Nation 2020: Infrastructure and the 2050 net-zero target
Achieving the net-zero target by 2050 will require an unprecedented transformation of our infrastructure. The vital infrastructure systems on which the UK is built – such as energy, transport and utilities – currently contribute the majority of the UK’s emissions. Read the ICE summary and access the report here. While the 2050 target may seem […]
07 Jul 2020
Demystifying interdisciplinary working
Inspiring webinar with Prof Nicola Beaumont from Plymouth Marine Laboratory on interdisciplinary working. In the full report Demystifying Interdisciplinary Working (in Valuing Nature), Prof Beaumont has brought together experiences, suggestions, and top tips from her own expertise in this area, the CoastWEB project, as well as from a wide range of contributors and collaborators. Abstract […]
07 Jul 2020
New PERFECT expert papers
From Green Infrastructure Partnership The PERFECT project, an Interreg Europe funded project on the multiple benefits of green infrastructure led by the TCPA, has published two new expert papers: ‘What does good green infrastructure policy look like?‘ considers best practice for developing a policy assessment tool to assess plans, policies and programmes. Written by Professor Alister Scott, Department of Geography and Environmental […]
07 Jul 2020
EurEau report on Innovating for a Greener Future
Our world is changing rapidly and so are water services. Innovation is key to guaranteeing the affordability of safe, sustainable and resilient water services for the decades to come. Water service providers are well aware of the challenges and have identified a number of technological and non-technological areas requiring particular innovation efforts with a view […]
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