Sir Michael Pitt yesterday called for change and direction within society to take flooding and natural hazards more seriously, when he spoke at a conference on Critical National Infrastructure.
The Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS) is running four specialist seminars to raise awareness among businesses in Scotland, England & Wales that the water market in Scotland has been opened up to competition.
The Environment Agency has announced a 20% increase in flood funding for the Yorkshire region, rising from £35 million last year to over £42 million for 2008/09.
Facing up to the challenges of dealing with biowastes over the next decade will need the right balance of controls and incentives to encourage the reuse of waste while protecting the environment and human health, according to the Environment Agency.
Environment Agency contractors in Oxford are undertaking investigation works during April as part of the wider flood risk strategy being developed for the city.
The Environment Agency has announced improvements to the way it regulates water company discharges to strike a better balance between improving the environment, rewarding good environmental performance and taking tough action against those who fail to meet acceptable standards.
Drainage design standards should be reviewed and guidance developed for retrofitting water efficient fixtures and fittings to ensure sewerage systems can work with less water, says the just-released Environment Agency report ‘Less Water To Waste’.
The coming summer is expected to be a 'typical British summer', according to long-range forecasts issued by the Met Office yesterday. Summer temperatures across the UK are predicted to be warmer than average and rainfall near or above average for the three months of summer.
Albion Chemicals, the UK and Ireland’s leading chemicals distributor, has agreed an exclusive working partnership with Arch Water Products to present Calcium Hypochlorite to the UK water utilities market.
The measurement and control of Free Chlorine has never been easier than with the new FCA-22 Analyzer System from Electro-Chemical Devices, Inc., which features a virtually plumb-and-play design.
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Albion Chemicals, the UK and Ireland’s leading chemicals distributor, has agreed an exclusive working partnership with Arch Water Products to present Calcium Hypochlorite to the UK water utilities market. 
Maintenance-In-Place (MIP) Pumps made by Börger are successfully removing grit from Wessex Water’s Bristol sewage treatment works at Avonmouth.
The measurement and control of Free Chlorine has never been easier than with the new FCA-22 Analyzer System from Electro-Chemical Devices, Inc., which features a virtually plumb-and-play design.
