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Defra lays out river monitoring plans

Defra lays out river monitoring plans

Water companies will be required to monitor the quality of water by sewage treatment assets under proposals put forward by government. Under the plans, which have been put out to consultation, companies would be obligated to carry out quality monitoring at sewage treatment works and other assets including storm overflows. 

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Water consumer environmental awareness stagnates

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Environment Agency staff to strike for four days

Staff at the Environment Agency (EA) are to strike for four days from next week after negotiations over pay and working conditions broke down. It comes as enforced pay rises had to be issued to some workers this week to avoid the EA being in breach of minimum wage laws that made £10.42 the minimum hourly rate from 1 April.

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Bill payers could be on the hook for water sector reforms

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Regulators given greater powers to stamp out water pollution

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Water companies propose £1.6bn accelerated spending

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Dry weather and increased monitoring cuts CSO spills

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Proposals for three new reservoirs clear regulatory hurdle

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Affinity launches sector’s first rising block tariff

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UU beats CSO target with two years to go

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OEP criticises Defra for missed review deadlines

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Calls for outcomes-based water regulation get a boost

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Emission possible

At its vast Minworth water treatment plant, Severn Trent is pioneering efforts to pinpoint exactly where in the treatment process potent greenhouse gasses are created. Ruth Williams visited the site to discover first hand what progress has been made.

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Lords back single social tariff in water

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Next Environment Agency chief named

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CCW: Non-household market has failed

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Water chiefs warn CSO data misses harm caused

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Video: Young campaigners voice water efficiency concerns

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Plans to more than double number of inland bathing sites

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NIC head warns of infrastructure crisis in water

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