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21 May 2026

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Image description: A green wooden barrel storing rainwater, surrounded by grass. Image credit Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay.   England faces a critical water security crisis unless the government fundamentally transforms how it stores, manages, and reuses water resources. A newly published cross-party report from the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee warns that […]

26 Mar 2026

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Image description: Aerial shot of bewl water reservoir in the South East of England during sunset. Image by Jack B / Unsplash   Dr Mike Martin, the Liberal Democrat MP representing Tunbridge Wells, has urged Ofwat to scrap the proposed £22 million penalty against South East Water and instead compel the company to reinvest the money directly into improving water infrastructure.  The intervention follows Ofwat’s recent enforcement action […]

13 Nov 2025

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Image description: Sun shining in a blue sky dotted with clouds. Photo by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash   Water companies and the government are preparing emergency plans as England faces it worst drought in decades. The Guardian reports executives of a major water company predict extreme water use curtailment measures “going beyond hosepipe bans” will now […]

30 Oct 2025

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Image description: Colourful Oil Spill on Muddy Ground. Photo by Abdulrahman Abubakar / Pexels The Royal Society has issued a stark warning about the risks posed by unregulated chemical mixtures in UK rivers, lakes, and coastal waters. Its latest report, Chemical mixtures in aquatic environments: understanding and preventing harm, argues that current regulatory frameworks are […]

21 Aug 2025

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Image description: Haweswater reservoir. Image by Dave Noonan from Pixabay   United Utilities has announced a £3bn deal to refurbish the Haweswater aqueduct, which carries water from Cumbria to 2.5m customers across Greater Manchester and Lancashire. The 68-mile pipeline is almost 70 years old, and the refurbishment has been described as ‘one of the largest […]

10 Jul 2025

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Image description: A drak green hosepipe stored away in a garden. Image by VariousPhotography / Pixabay   Yorkshire Water is introducing a hosepipe ban affecting more than five million people, that come into effect from Friday (11 July). It marks the first hosepipe ban to be declared in the UK this year. Yorkshire Water said […]

26 Jun 2025

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 Image description: A water pump with water pouring out as it is operated. Image by congerdesign from Pixabay   Water abstraction surges to record levels An investigation into licensing data by Watershed Investigations and the Guardian found that the volume of water taken from rivers and lakes for industrial or public consumption in England, known […]

19 Jun 2025

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Image by Jonathan Bean, Un   In their new report National Framework for Water Resources 2025: water for growth, nature and a resilient future, the Environment Agency is warning that England faces a 5 billion litre a day shortage in our public water supplies by 2055 – unless urgent action is taken. The report, published […]