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Afreely distributed monthly print and digital publication reporting on the UK’s municipal and industrial water, wastewater and environmental sector. A monthly print and digital publication reporting on the UK’s municipal and industrial water, wastewater, stormwater & environmental sector.
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Parliamentary questions highlight scale of water investment and resilience challenge
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (361+ words) Answers to three Commons questions reveal pressures on water resources, the push for new reservoirs and the scale of investment planned for the sector. The answers, all given by Water Minister Emma Hardy on 8 September, cover three different aspects of…...
Forensic audit commissioned into NI Water governance systems
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (287+ words) Northern Ireland Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has commissioned a governance audit of NI Water, citing the scale and severity of ongoing concerns, delays in investigations and other compliance matters. In an urgent written statement to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Kimmins…...
Northern Ireland consults on social and environmental priorities for next water regulatory period
1+ week, 5+ day ago (207+ words) The guidance sets out the Department’s key social and environmental policies and the priorities that Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins expects the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation to have regard to when carrying out its role of regulating the water…...
UN recognises three major land restoration projects at UNCCD COP17
2+ week, 4+ day ago (600+ words) Jointly led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the awards are made under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030) and were presented during a high-level event at the 17th Session of the Conference of…...
Southern Water drought order hearing begins as River Test faces continued pressure
2+ week, 6+ day ago (168+ words) Public hearing opens today on proposals that would allow Southern Water to continue abstracting from the River Test at lower flows during drought conditions The Planning Inspectorate hearing is scheduled to begin at 10am today and will consider Southern Water’s applications…...
Water UK rejects media claims of???surge pricing??? during droughts
3+ week, 6+ day ago (448+ words) Industry body says trials of alternative water tariffs are designed to encourage water efficiency and improve affordability, rather than increase companies’ revenues. The trade association for the water industry said no water company has proposed increasing the cost of water…...