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Monday, 12 March 2007 08:52

Top honours awarded to best water savers

The Malvern Hotel and The Blues Grill in Kent was today presented with the top award in the 2007 Environment Agency Water Efficiency Awards for its efforts in saving water and raising awareness to customers and other hotel owners.
The Environment Agency remains to be convinced that Thames Water needs to build a new reservoir to the south west of Abingdon.

The Government has, this week, presented a package of actions to deliver the step change needed to ensure that supply chains and public services will be increasingly low carbon, low waste and water efficient, respect biodiversity and deliver wider sustainable development goals.

Government departments are failing to meet carbon, waste and water targets, according to a report published yesterday by the Government's watchdog, the Sustainable Development Commission.
Tuesday, 06 March 2007 08:53

Is the drought over?

Water UK reports on the current state of our water levels...

Water resources are responding well to the above-average rainfall ,although regional variations mean that some aquifers still have not yet fully recovered.

Private sewers and lateral drains which are currently the responsibility of the owners of the properties they serve are to be transferred into the ownership of the nine statutory water and sewerage companies in England
A new UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) report highlighting the UK's competitive position in the critical areas of climate change and environmental solutions was launched today by Trade and Investment Minister Ian McCartney.
Monday, 26 February 2007 08:49

Private sewers transfer provides clarity

The environment minister Ian Pearson announced last week that privately-owned sewers will be transferred into the ownership of the nine statutory water and sewerage companies in England.
EU Environment Ministers meeting in Brussels on 20 February adopted conclusions on the EU’s objectives for the future of international climate change action.
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has drafted a report detailing the effects climate change has on Europe’s coastal waters and regional seas.
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