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CHEDDAR 2 RESERVOIR PROPOSALS GRAPHICThe West Country Water and Environment regional group has launched its public consultation on a proposal for the Cheddar 2 Reservoir and Transfer Project – the new reservoir and pipeline will play a pivotal role in creating a sustainable and resilient water supply for over 100,000 people in the West Country.

SEPA GENERIC EMPLOYEEThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency has put further abstraction licence restrictions in place as more of eastern Scotland reaches Significant Scarcity.

MET OFFICE LOGOProvisional Met Office statistics confirm that summer 2025 is officially the warmest summer on record for the UK. Analysis by Met Office climate scientists has also shown that a summer as hot or hotter than 2025 is now 70 times more likely than it would be in a ‘natural’ climate with no human caused greenhouse gas emissions.

RIVER SEVERN WATER QUALITY TESTING  SONDES  SENSORS Equipment kioskWild swimmers in Shrewsbury can now make better-informed decisions about river safety through an expanded regional pilot project, which monitors river water quality on a daily basis.

RIVER SPEY SCOTLAND REDUCED FLOW MAY 25The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is warning that six areas of Scotland are now at Significant Scarcity, the highest level, as prolonged dry conditions continue across the east.

FIREFIGHTER WILDFIRE HELLENIC RED CROSSClimate change made weather conditions leading to deadly wildfires in Türkiye, Cyprus and Greece 10 times more likely, acording to researchers at the Weather Attribution Service and other leading climate scientists.

Environment Agency officer genericThe Environment Agency has issued a drought permit that will allow Yorkshire Water to reduce how much water is released from the Grimwith Reservoir to “top up” natural flows within the River Wharfe.

COPERNICUS THERMAL TRACE IMAGEAs climate change is exacerbates heat stress around the world, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) have created Thermal Trace, a fast and intuitive application to explore maps, charts and decades of data to monitor heat and cold stress globally and how this is changing over time.

EVIDES UK BRIEFING PAPER ON EA NATIONAL FRAMEOWK FOR WATER RESOURCES Industrial process water and wastewater treatment specialists Evides Industriewater UK is warning that industry must prepare for tighter restrictions on water use in a new briefing paper released today.

SEPA RIVER LEVELS STATUS 17 AUG 2025The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is warning that some rivers in the east of Scotland are once again approaching critical low flow levels, and a number of areas are around two weeks away from potential Significant Scarcity.

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