Somerset Council is hoping to secure Government funding to deliver phosphate mitigation measures which will unlock the delivery of 18,000 new homes across the area and provide for longer term nature recovery.
The Government has said that once legislation is in place for forthcoming measures in the Levelling up and Regeneration Bill for the upgrade of wastewater treatment works in catchments of Habitats Sites affected by nutrient pollution and development, “decision-makers can be confident the upgrades will be in place by 2030.”
Dr Gabriel Connor-Streich, Chief Executive Officer at Greenshank Environmental, discusses the implications behind the Government amendment in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill currently going through Parliament to tackle nutrient pollution and the challenges this presents for the water companies.
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise.
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers.
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.