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Welsh Water embarks on hydro-electric project with Dulas

Plans approved for Dulas and Welsh Water to build hydro-electric project in Brecon Beacons

5 years ago

Investment since privatisation has improved river biodiversity

5 years ago

Southern drought permit to trigger first hosepipe ban since 2012

Southern Water has applied for a drought permit to extend the abstraction level at the River Test in Hampshire but insists it has “grander plans” to secure alternative water supplies in the future. As part of the conditions for adopting the permit, Southern will need to introduce a hosepipe ban in some areas.

5 years ago

Drone patrols to curb illegal water abstractions

The Environment Agency (EA) will use drones for the first time this summer to gather

5 years ago

Portsmouth Water helps Southern tackle abstraction shortfall

5 years ago

DEFRA unveils plans to strengthen Ofwat’s licence powers

5 years ago

Expert view: AMP7 – Why successful portfolio delivery is essential to meet the challenge

As we approach Asset Management Plan 7 (AMP7) in 2020, having been through price review

5 years ago

Ofwat outlines key PR19 interventions

5 years ago

Ofwat: Firms ‘didn’t shift much on costs’ in PR19

5 years ago

Water firms asked to invest £6m a day during PR19

5 years ago

Gove plans to strengthen regulation for water sector

5 years ago

Expert View: Chris Elliot, Business Director for Water North, Amey

The water sector is primed to undergo fundamental change over the next few years. With

5 years ago

Ofwat proposes £200m innovation fund

5 years ago

Interview: Northumbrian Water chief information officer Nigel Watson

What we’re trying to become is the fastest learning water company on the globe. And

5 years ago

Anglian Water to share resources to help irrigation

5 years ago

Drought permit application looks ‘likely’ for Southern Water

Changes to Southern Water’s abstraction licence for the River Test in Hampshire pose “a challenge” for the company as it looks “more likely” it will need to apply for a drought permit this summer.

5 years ago

Yorkshire Water assists crews with moorland fires

Yorkshire Water has been assisting efforts to put out the moorland fires which have been raging over the bank holiday weekend.

6 years ago

Thames Water work uncovers Iron Age settlement

A £14.5 million Thames Water project to ease pressure on a stream in Oxfordshire has uncovered 26 human skeletons believed to be from the Iron Age and Roman periods.

6 years ago

Waterwise chief says drive for water efficiency now rising

Nicci Russell, managing director of Waterwise says the level of ambition now being seen from government on water efficiency has risen to its highest level in years

6 years ago

Dodging the ‘jaws of death’

The chief executive of the Environment Agency has used dramatic language to describe the threat of water shortages caused by climate change. Katey Pigden asks if he was right to do so

6 years ago