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Water companies need to make significant investment if they are to meet the requirements of the 2021 Environment Act. This means taking great care...
Enhanced river health in the pipeline in Bristol
The mission to protect the River Avon is stepping up a further gear this autumn as a £800,000 project to reduce the pressure on...
Southern Water unveils £1.5bn investment in Clean Rivers and Seas Plan to cut spills by 8,000 a year by 2035
Southern Water has published its Clean Rivers and Seas Plan outlining proposals, underpinned by £1.5 billion investment between 2025-2035, to get to the root...
Utilities should be open to possibilities
The transition from regulatory period AMP7 to AMP8 in the water industry in England and Wales is taking place in the face of unprecedented...
All storm overflows now covered by plan to clean up waterways
Action to tackle sewage pollution and clean up waterways has been expanded, Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey confirmed this week. All coastal and estuary storm overflows...
High Court rejects claims that Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan is unlawful
The High Court has rejected claims that the government’s Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan is unlawful, following claims brought forward by the Marine Conservation...
OEP identifies possible failures to comply with environmental law in relation to regulatory oversight of untreated sewage discharges
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has identified possible failures to comply with environmental law by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
Telling Tales – We are all the messenger now
A flotilla of inflatable ‘poo’, satirical blue plaques for politicians and fake sewage spills on the doorsteps of water company headquarters are some of...
Record investment in Scotland’s water and waste water network but more is needed
Scottish Water invested a record £886 million in the last year, its latest annual report has highlighted. But the changing climate and aging water...
Samuel Munn, Business Development Director at Samatrix chats about progressive and sustainable pumping and CSO solutions
Samuel Munn, Business Development Director at Samatrix, explains the company’s background in providing a variety of pumping solutions, before explaining the current focus on...
Keeping the environmental protection flowing in rural Somerset
Multi-million pound investment to ensure significant new protection for rivers, streams and brooks in west Somerset will begin this autumn.
More than £12 million is...
SDS smart water projects scale up
SDS has completed the installation of its latest smart rainwater management systems at homes in Forton, Lancashire, and Deal, Kent, as part of Water...
New NORAG halts CSO sewage litter
At a time when the media constantly shows footage of unsavoury sewage litter from Combined Sewage Overflows (CSOs) that pollute rivers and beaches, Fluid...
Ofwat sets out measures that will penalise companies that do not fully monitor their storm overflows
Ofwat has today (14 June 2023) set out measures that will penalise companies that do not fully monitor their storm overflows.
All companies will have...
Consultation launched to expand the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan to cover all coastal and estuarine waters
The government has launched a six-week consultation on expanding its targets to tackle sewage even further to cover all coasts, estuaries and marine protected...
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