environment - WWT
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Irish Water apologises for activated sludge spill
Irish Water has apologised to the public after a tank failure at Dublin's Ringsend
Wastewater Treatment Plant caused a...
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Yorkshire Water starts £17M phosphorus removal schemes
Yorkshire Water has begun work on a £17 million investment to improve the final
effluent released into rivers and becks...
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Tideway scoops sustainability award
Tideway, the company delivering the Thames Tideway Tunnel, has been rewarded at the
Sustainability Leaders Awards 2019 for...
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Opinion: How will the UK protect the environment after Brexit?
The Draft Environment (Principles & Governance) Bill leaves several unanswered questions
about the enforcement of the...
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New environmental scorecards assess PR19 plans
Blueprint for Water, part of the Wildlife and Countryside Link nature coalition, has
published new scorecards that analyse...
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South West Water backs ‘Year of Green Action'
South West Water is planning to hold a year-long series of environmental events for staff
and the public.
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Microplastics: Plastics, plastics everywhere
There is growing evidence that microplastics passed on through our wastewater have
become widespread in aquatic...
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Kent dairy farmer prosecuted for polluting stream with slurry
A dairy farmer based near Ashford has been ordered to pay £1,500 plus £5,516 in
victim charges and costs by Maidstone...
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New app eases cover crop verification for farmers
Farmers who have committed to grow environmentally friendly cover crops are now
able use a new app to quickly verify their...
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Northumberland pumping station set for £12M investment
Northumbrian Water and the Environment Agency are to spend £12 million on the
modernisation of its Riding Mill pumping...
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Yorkshire Water investing nearly £8M at two WwTWs
Yorkshire Water is starting two schemes of investment worth £7.7 million at two
wastewater treatment works in north...
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Outdoor use of metaldehyde banned from spring 2020
A ban on the outdoor use of metaldehyde is to be introduced across Great Britain from
spring 2020, the Environment...
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New protections set out in first Environment Bill in 20 years
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has published draft clauses for the first
Environment Bill in two decades, with its...
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Interview: Ofwat director Trevor Bishop
Ofwat director Trevor Bishop explains why the regulator wants to ensure wastewater
resilience becomes just as central to...
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Getting through the bog of water deterioration together
A partnership between United Utilities and the RSPB to help restore moorland peat bogs
near Manchester illustrates how...
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