The Consumer Council for Water (CCW) has published its formal response to the respond to the UK and Welsh Assembly Governments’ (WAG) consultation on the Cave Review of competition and innovation in water markets. The Council is calling for both the UK and Assembly Governments to undertake further work on competition in the UK water sector.
Some of the regulations on spreading milk and slurry will be relaxed temporarily to help farmers during the big freeze, the Environment Agency announced yesterday.
The Committee stage of the Flood and Water Management Bill began in Parliament last Thursday with a day of oral evidence. The Bill Minister, Huw Irranca-Davies MP was questioned on the Bill by other members of the Committee in the morning session.
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has published its report on Carbon Budgets. The Committee has recommended that the Government should move to a target of a 42% cut by 2020 and should implement the intended budget irrespective of whether or not the EU moves to a 30% target for cutting its emissions.
The Infrastructure Planning Commission is urging communities in England and Wales to have their say as the details of further proposed projects were added to its programme.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has launched a new consultation on revised guidance on the Groundwater (England and Wales) Regulations 2009.
New regulations to ensure all private water supplies in England meet the same drinking water quality standards as public water supplies came into force on 1 January 2010.
Water quality engineer Panton McLeod has celebrated another milestone in the Scottish water sector after revisiting the scene of its first-ever robotic cleaning project.
Cybit, the UK’s leading online Telematics Service Provider, has announced a new Fleetstar implementation for Volvo Construction Equipment Division, Volvo Group UK Ltd – a wholly owned dealership of the global construction equipment manufacturer.
Atlas Copco Compressors’ latest ZS range of oil-free, energy- saving positive displacement screw blowers is designed to meet today’s low carbon economy needs. The new and proven ZS screw blower technology is, on average, 30 percent more energy efficient than conventional lobe solutions.
The newly expanded Manhole Buddy manhole lifter range now provides three alternative solutions for single person cover lifting, all interchangeable on the same multi-function, lifting trolley.
The newly expanded Manhole Buddy manhole lifter range now provides three alternative solutions for single person cover lifting, all interchangeable on the same multi-function, lifting trolley.
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