Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey has said that the recent floods caused by Storm Babet were exacerbated by the impacts of rain coming from the opposite direction.
Leaks in homes could be costing the nation £697 million on water bills each year and wasting 900 million litres of clean drinking water every day - WaterWise data indicates a leak within the home could cost each household an extra £308.78 a year.
Registrations are now open for the first session in the Future Water Networks November 2023 series - a series of sessions comprising of leading industry keynotes, knowledge bites and technical presentations, taking place throughout November.
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet will continue to increase its rate of melting over the rest of the century, no matter how much we reduce fossil fuel use, according to British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change.
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has announced that British farmers and growers will continue to have access to important pesticides to support resilient and profitable food production and cut input costs.
In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Paul Hubbard, of Chairman AVK UK Group, and Group Management Board member at AVK Holding A/S, says the UK water sector is at a critical turning point – and the supply chain has a key role to play in bringing about change.
Improved infrastructure to boost economic growth across the UK and meet climate goals is both achievable and affordable if the right policy steps are taken now, according to the government’s independent advisers on infrastructure strategy.
A new online tool which highlights where the opportunities are to install nature-based solutions, such as wetlands, to tackle road runoff pollution before it ends up in London’s rivers has gone live today.
In a new report published today, the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee points to research that the Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the globe.
Unprecedented temperature anomalies in September have put 2023 on track to be the warmest year on record, according to the latest monthly climate bulletin from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
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.
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.
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.
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.