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Invest in your Future – Help us support education and research in water and the environment

The Water Conservation Trust is encouraging more members of the Company and friends to contribute to its work. Protecting all our futures lies at the heart of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators. That is why our charity, the Water Conservation Trust CIO, is promoting knowledge, research and education of…...

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What would it take to fix the water industry?

The Master thought that members may be interested in this view of the current situation   What would it take to fix the water industry?...

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Are We Prepared? Livery Climate Action Group Annual Conference

“Are We Prepared” was the theme of this year’s Livery Climate Action Group (LCAG) Annual Conference held at Merchant Taylors’ Hall on the 26th January 2026. Alderman Alison Gowman, LCAG Chair, along with Sheriff and Deputy Keith Bottomley opened the conference which included four main sessions: Financial Risks, Risks To…...

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Dissertation Prize Winners

The Company was very pleased to welcome many of our Dissertation Prize Winners to the Myddelton Lunch to receive their prizes and certificates.   Congratulations to all our Prize Winners. Birkbeck Charlotte Mawer An Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Groundwater in Southeast England Birmingham Behzad Miran An Example of…...

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In a world in which stresses cascade…we have something invaluable to offer

Over 85 members of the Company and guests joined together for the annual Myddelton lunch in the impressive surroundings of Trinity House. Our guest speaker was the Deputy Master of Trinity House Rear Admiral Iain Lower CB.  He joined Trinity House from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in 2024, following…...

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Welcome to our new Freemen

The Master, Professor Carolyn Roberts, was pleased to welcome four new Freemen to the Company at the Myddelton Court meeting. Eleni ANTONIADES: I have been invited by the Water Conservators in the past to give a talk about my work in Antarctica, and so I gave a webinar in 2023…...

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Myddelton Rededication Service

The Master, Wardens, Court and Company joined together with friends for this service of dedication at All Hallows by the Tower. The service commemorates the life of Sir Hugh Myddelton (1560 – 1631) who constructed the New River from Hertfordshire in 1613 to bring fresh water to the City of…...

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A Milestone for Environmental Professionalism

In case you missed it, last month the Society for the Environment announced 9,000 reasons to be positive – A milestone for environmental professionals During the last week of November 2025, the Society for the Environment (SocEnv) tipped over 9,000 current registered environmental professionals for the first time. SocEnv holds…...

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Bioresources and circularity

Water Conservator Martin Ballard (Group Head of Environment at Wates Group Ltd) has an article on ‘Challenging perceptions of soil contamination: towards a circular economy’  published in the Institute of Water December 2025 edition, in which he has referenced the Water Conservators’ Bioresources paper. https://library.myebook.com/InstituteofWaterMagazine/winter-2025/6395/#page/36...

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Welcome to new Freemen at Christmas Court, Lunch and Carol Service

At the end of a very busy Court meeting the Master and Company were pleased to admit James Dodds, Oliver Grievson, Tim Weller and Tony Vasishta as new Freemen of the Company. At our meal we were pleased to be joined by 2 RAF officers from No. 1 AIDU at…...

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