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Government ‘hellbent’ on removing environmental protections

Government ‘hellbent’ on removing environmental protections

Moves by government to allow housing developers to sidestep rules around nutrient pollution in waterways have been condemned by legal and environmental experts. Ministers say the amendment to the Levelling Up Bill will dispense with “defective EU laws” around nutrient neutrality and unblock the building of 100,000 homes. But critics claim that far from simply “doing away with red tape”, the government is eroding environmental regulation designed to protect waterways and catchments.

2 years ago

£20m pipeline to boost water security in Essex

A water transfer project to move 50 megalitres of water between treatment sites in Essex has begun work to bolster resilience of supplies in the region. Raw supplies will be able to move from a reservoir to both treatment plants to better exploit treatment capacity. Essex and Suffolk is investing £20million in the scheme, which will serve 370,000 customers.

2 years ago

UK water security at risk

2 years ago

Hosepipe ban to end after 14 months

2 years ago

Northumbrian rolls out £10m treatment upgrade

2 years ago

Water UK: Misleading sewage claims help no one

2 years ago

Weekend press: Health check of England’s waters faces six-year wait

2 years ago

Probe launched into Yorkshire’s poor bathing water quality  

2 years ago

United Utilities fined £800k for draining aquifer  

2 years ago

Unlimited fines for polluting firms edge closer

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Macquarie injects further £550m into Southern

Southern Water's majority stakeholder Macquarie has invested an extra £550 million into the company to keep up momentum in its turnaround plan. It said impacts from the current economic environment had put extra pressure on business costs so the money will allow Southern to continue making improvements on tackling sewer overflows and bolstering resilience

2 years ago

Call for urgent wetland reforms

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Thames to reveal new turnaround plan

2 years ago

Six water companies face £800m lawsuit

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Three-quarters of Brits cut water use in July

2 years ago

Shock tactics needed to provoke behaviour change

To effectively help people change how they use water, messaging should be "serious and potentially shocking" to convey the starkness of water shortages, research by CCW has shown. It reviewed public reaction to a range of tones and styles to encourage people to change their behaviour.

2 years ago

Reservoir levels up to 15% higher than 2022

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Ofwat sets out efficiency fund expectations

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Coffey slammed for lack of meetings with water bosses

2 years ago

UU launches trial to turn sewage into hydrogen and graphene

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