Regulation and Legislation
EC looks to industry to help address Europe's water challenge
Friday, 14 November 2008

Stavros Dimas, the EU Commissioner responsible for environment called for industry to play a greater role in conserving increasingly scarce water resources when he addressed the Saving Europe's Water Conference in Brussels last week.

 
96% of Bathing Water Quality Standards met – but Environment Agency calls for more from water sector
Friday, 14 November 2008
Ninety-six per cent of England's bathing waters met the minimum water quality standards set by the European Bathing Water Directive this year and 65.7 per cent met the highest guideline standards according to tests carried out by the Environment Agency.
 
CIWEM calls for increased flood funding and national-level flood risk authorities
Thursday, 13 November 2008
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) is calling for national-level authorities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to oversee all types of flood and coastal erosion risk management, working closely with local delivery organisations.
 
Ofwat publishes results of external review of sewer flooding risk registers
Friday, 07 November 2008
Ofwat has published its review by independent consultants Mott Macdonald of the processes used by each sewerage provider relating to sewer flooding risk registers.
 
Ofwat rejects company's request to raise its prices
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
Ofwat has provisionally decided not to allow Sutton and East Surrey Water to raise its prices by an average of 10.2% before inflation in 2009-2010.
 
Environmental Audit Committee says Government must “urgently review” housing goals
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has urged the Government to rethink its target to build three million new homes by 2020 in light of the economic downturn.
 
New climate change duty and parliamentary scrutiny to strengthen Planning Bill
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
New amendments to the Government's Planning Bill have been laid in Parliament to strengthen the scrutiny of national policy statements by the House of Lords, and tackle climate change.
 
Anglian water fined £150K - operational and management failures highlighted
Tuesday, 04 November 2008
Anglian Water Services Ltd (Anglian Water) was fined a total of £150,000  last week for four times allowing illegal discharges from its sewage treatment works in Newmarket to the No 1 Public Drain – on one occasion bringing about the death of 1,200 fish.
 
Ofwat publishes draft forward programme for consultation
Thursday, 30 October 2008
Ofwat has published its draft forward programme 2009-10 to 2011-12 –for consultation.
 
Water friendly farming initiative targets new catchments
Thursday, 30 October 2008
The Environment Agency has announced that more areas around the country will benefit from help to tackle harmful water pollution. The England Catchment Sensitive Farming Delivery Initiative (which plays a key role in implementation of the Water Framework Directive) aims to help farmers to reduce diffuse water pollution from agricultural land through a range of advice and incentives.
 
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