12 Sep 2017

An exclusive in last week’s Guardian reported microplastic contamination has been found in tap water in countries around the world, leading to calls from scientists for urgent research on the implications for health. Scores of tap water samples from more than a dozen nations were analysed by scientists for an investigation by Orb Media, who […]

05 Oct 2016

Environment Agency issues metaldehyde advice for autumn crop growers The Environment Agency is calling on growers to think ‘slope, soil and stream’ when they apply metaldehyde based slug pellets to crops this autumn. Metaldehyde is the pesticide that most often causes risks to drinking water sources, especially in the autumn – if metaldehyde enters watercourses it […]

15 Apr 2014

CIWEM ‘ Summary of the Seminar “Water Safety Plans: What Next? From Catchment to Consumer” In recent years water companies across the UK have had to produce or update their Water Safety Plans (WSPs). It is now time for the industry to look back on this process and ask: What’s next for WSPs? Do they […]