• ‘Digital Water’ Call to Action Launched

  Your views are required on an action plan to help UK plc win its share of the $30 billion digital revolution in water. More details can be found here.

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  Posted on Wednesday 04th December 2019

• WIF Appoints Jean Spencer as Director

  The Water Industry Forum is pleased to announce the appointment of Jean Spencer as a non-executive director.

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  Posted on Monday 04th November 2019

• New Environment Bill will aim to deliver sustainable water resources

  Defra publishes new policy on the Environment Bill.

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  Posted on Monday 28th October 2019

• 80% cut needed in antibiotics entering River Thames to avoid surge in superbugs

  A new study has shown that the amount of antibiotics entering the River Thames would need to be cut by as much as 80 per cent to avoid the development and spread of antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’.

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  Posted on Monday 07th October 2019

• Watchdog calls for more urgency in tackling water supply disruption and leakage

  Some water companies need to do much more to protect customers from disruption to their water supply and reduce leakage, according to the Consumer Council for Water (CCWater)

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  Posted on Tuesday 17th September 2019

• Environment Agency’s Emma Howard-Boyd responds to The Times’ article “Filthy Business”

  The Chair of the Environment Agency has written a letter to The Times emphatically challenging the claims made in its article published on 3rd August “The Times view on pollution in Britain’s rivers: Filthy Business”.

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  Posted on Monday 12th August 2019

• First review of 25 Year Environment Plan published

  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

• A vision for the UK water sector – have your say!

  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

• Sir James Bevan Speech - What is the future for water?

  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

• Winners announced - WIF Young Water Professionals Team Challenge

  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

• Regulators collaborate to support strategic water transfers

  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

• Big fall in public support for water sector nationalisation

  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

• Defra consultation - Improving our management of water

  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

• Do you have an energy reduction technology concept that is ready to be demonstrated in industry?

  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

• Environment Agency Project Excellence Awards

  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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