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The first progress report of the landmark 25 Year Environment Plan is published during the Year of Green Action.
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Posted on Tuesday 11th June 2019
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Organisations from all parts of the UK water sector are creating a new, ambitious vision for the future and want your feedback.
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Posted on Tuesday 28th May 2019
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Read the speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency given at the Water Industry Forum Annual Dinner in Birmingham on 8 May 2019.
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Posted on Tuesday 14th May 2019
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On Wednesday 10 April 2019, ten teams comprising of young water professionals through-out the UK presented their ideas on The Circular Economy in the Water Sector. The competition brought together young professionals from different organisations across the sector who had to identify and pitch an idea around this theme which they expect will be common practice within the water sector by 2030.
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Posted on Monday 15th April 2019
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Ofwat have announced funding for a Water Regulators’ Alliance which will ensure a smooth regulatory path for strategic water transfers and joint infrastructure projects.
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Posted on Tuesday 02nd April 2019
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There has been a substantial fall in public support for water nationalisation, according to a new survey by leading polling experts in corporate reputation and public policy ComRes.
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Posted on Tuesday 12th March 2019
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Defra has identified opportunities to modernise regulation to enable better long-term planning and give regulators the powers that they need to improve the water environment and water services.
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Posted on Tuesday 05th February 2019
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The Carbon Trust has launched an Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator (IEEA), funded by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. The IEEA is a funding programme designed to support partnerships between developers of energy efficient technologies & industrial companies willing to test technologies on-site. The programme is open to projects from all UK industry sectors that can demonstrate either a novel technology (targeting Technology Readiness Level 5-8), or the use of an established technology in a novel way.
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Posted on Friday 18th January 2019
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The annual Project Excellence Awards aim to recognise excellent projects developed or supported by local authorities, internal drainage boards and the Environment Agency, as well as community level initiatives.
The winners of the 2019 awards will be announced on the Wednesday evening dinner at Flood & Coast 2019 at the Telford International Centre.
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Posted on Friday 18th January 2019
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A new report by the Met Office shows that heatwaves in the UK are lasting twice as long as they did 50 years ago.
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Posted on Wednesday 07th November 2018
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Water companies have set out plans to cut bills for customers in England and Wales whilst delivering a £50+ billion investment programme.
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Posted on Tuesday 04th September 2018
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The water and sewerage companies in England and Wales need to do more to protect the environment, says a new Environment Agency report.
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Posted on Monday 16th July 2018
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Chair of the Water Industry Forum and Global Water Leader for Arup, Dr Mark Fletcher, has been awarded a prestigious Honorary Fellowship of the Society of the Environment (HonFSE).
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Posted on Wednesday 13th June 2018
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The government has set out its plans for all aspects of the environment including its ambition to see ‘clean and plentiful water’ by improving at least three quarters of waters to be close to their natural state as soon as is practicable. More....
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Posted on Monday 15th January 2018
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New research published in the journal Science and led by Oxford University is highlighting the accelerating pressure on measuring, monitoring and managing water locally and globally.
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Posted on Wednesday 06th December 2017
