Water quality crisis - WWT calls for urgent action to establish UK pilot scheme by 2025 to unlock potential of treatment wetlands
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is calling for a national pilot scheme to be established in the UK by 2025, to make treatment wetlands the default option for meeting new nutrient neutrality targets and to establish and develop an effective market in nutrient trading and offsetting by creating a nutrient offsetting code.
New non-native invasive species INNS mapping tool launched in Great Britain
A new multi-platform invasive non-native species (INNS) mapping tool has launched in England, Wales and Scotland - the INNS Mapper app and website, which will also be known as Mapiwr INNS in Wales with Welsh language options, will enable people to report sightings, surveys and the management of INNS.
Leading environmental groups warn Government not to delay or cut back on environmental spend at PR24 to improve water quality
A coalition of 15 leading environmental groups is warning the Government not to delay or cut back on environmental spend at PR24 to improve water quality.
Environment Secretary holds roundtable to discuss action to improve the River Deben in Suffolk
Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey and Water Minister Rebecca Pow met with local community groups, environmental regulators, farming representatives, water company representatives and local councillors in Suffolk yesterday to discuss actions to improve the River Deben.
Somerset Council in bid for £10.5m Government funding for phosphate mitigation measures to unlock delivery of 18,000 new homes
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.
Portsmouth Water set to “rewild” 80 hectares as part of Havant Thicket Reservoir project
Portsmouth Water will “re-wild” 80-hectares of local farmland – the equivalent of around 112 football pitches – in partnership with an environmental trust, as part of its Havant Thicket Reservoir project.
Natural England launches six new landscape-scale nature recovery projects
An area bigger than the size of Hertfordshire is to be dedicated to fast tracking nature recovery as six new landscape-scale nature recovery projects are launched by Natural England and the government.
England’s rarest habitats to be enhanced in one of UK’s largest landscape programmes
Landowners, farmers and conservationists from the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales are joining forces in an ambitious partnership to create one of the UK’s largest nature-focused landscape programmes.
Government sets out third National Adaptation Programme to tackle impacts of climate change
The UK government has unveiled its third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) which sets out a strategic five-year plan to boost resilience and protect people, homes, businesses and the UK’s cultural heritage against climate change risks such as flooding, drought and heatwaves.
Going with the flow: why future catchment management demands an integrated, digital approach
Stephen Barge, chief engineer and Gwion Kennard, director digital engineering, Atkins, take a look at why future catchment management demands an integrated, digital approach.
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Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development. -
Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.
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