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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
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Ofwat has launched a new consultation on driving transformational innovation in the water sector as part of the development of its emerging strategy for regulating water and wastewater companies in England and Wales.
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Posted on Tuesday 16th July 2019
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Water company efforts to protect the environment were described as ‘simply unacceptable’ in an Environment Agency (EA) report published on 10 July with only 1 of the major water and sewage companies in England performing at the level expected.
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Posted on Tuesday 16th July 2019
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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
