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SVT sets out emissions reduction targets

Severn Trent has set its reduction targets for direct, indirect and supply chain greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 in line with guidelines from the Science Based Targets Initiative

5 years ago

A window to innovation

Last month Anglian expanded its Shop Window project, which aims to use the town of Newmarket as a live testbed for innovative solutions to the problems the water sector is facing now, and for the future. Utility Week chats to the driving forces behind the project.

5 years ago

Yorkshire awards contracts worth £553m

5 years ago

Pollard: We need to turn water industry on its head

5 years ago

Alliance formed to stop leaky loos

A water efficiency group that includes Waterwise, Thames and SES Water has teamed up with the Bathroom Manufacturers Association (BMA) in a bid to banish leaking toilets.

5 years ago

Water efficiency will be central to PR24

5 years ago

Affinity to launch efficiency campaign

5 years ago

Eliminating combined sewer overflows could cost £100bn

Eliminating the harm from combined sewer overflows will require multi-faceted action supported by regulation and legislation to improve river health but could cost more than £100 billion, Water UK has told the Environmental Audit Committee in a written submission.

5 years ago

No cranes without drains

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Why VSDs are a crucial waypoint on the route map to Net Zero

The UK water industry has unveiled its plan to deliver a Net Zero supply for customers by 2030, a full two decades before the government's target of 2050. The sector deserves immense credit for setting such an ambitious target, which is the world's first sector-wide commitment of its kind. Getting there will not be easy, but as ABB's Clayton Mead explains, embracing the quick wins now can help to lay the foundations for success in longer term goals.

5 years ago

Innovate East returns to address decarbonisation

To address some of the problematic elements of decarbonisation in the water sector, this virtual innovation festival jointly hosted by Anglian, Yorkshire and Essex & Suffolk will look towards COP26

5 years ago

South Staffs extends catchment programme

South Staffs has engaged with farmers and land managers to trial companion crops for maize fields as part of a catchment management scheme that has seen nitrate run off reduced by 50 per cent

5 years ago

SES launches ‘myth busting’ campaign

SES Water has created a campaign to debunk commonly held myths about water consumption at a personal, local and global level as part of its efforts to reduce consumer demand in its region.

5 years ago

Northumbrian targets water efficiency scheme at children

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‘Failure is a part of great ambition on the path to net zero’

5 years ago

Bevan: ‘We will get the environment we are willing to pay for’

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Thames upgrades Victorian sand filters

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Havant Thicket: The future of water resource planning

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Campaign group to ‘fill vacuum left by EA’ around river pollution

5 years ago

Thames to create wetlands next to sewage site

Thames has unveiled plans to create a wetlands next to Aylesbury wastewater treatment plant as part of broader plans for biodiversity and habitat creation across its estate

5 years ago