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Presentation of Thames Water

The Master, Tom Flood, and Walbrook Warden, Neil Reynolds, accompanied by Past Master, Martin Bigg, and Court Assistant, Trevor Harrington, supported by our Clerk, Chris Millett, meet the Lady Mayor, Susan Langley, and her Consort, Garry Langley, at the Mansion House.  The Master presented her with an inscribed Dartington Glass…...

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Stopping the accelerating decline of our rivers

Population growth, lack of investment, focus on reducing costs – the decline of our rivers has accelerated.  In response – proposals to rearrange the regulatory deck chairs. Baroness Barbara Young challenged us all at the Installation Lunch of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators in the Ironmongers’ Hall in the…...

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Welcome to 14 new Freemen, 2 new Liverymen and a new Court Assistant

At the Installation Court in the Ironmongers’ Hall the Company welcomed a record number of Freemen. Congratulations to everyone. The Court welcomed new Court Assistant: Rodney Amster The Master admitted to the Livery: Andrew Hine, Tim Weller The Master admitted to the Company as Freemen: Chris Clarke, John Curtin, Rupert…...

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Our New Master and Wardens

The Worshipful Company of Water Conservators are pleased to welcome: our new Master, Tom Flood CBE; Thames Warden, Alex Money; Fleet Warden, David Lloyd Owen; and Walbrook Warden, Neil Reynolds.  The Master and Wardens were installed in the impressive surroundings of the Court Room in the Ironmongers’ Hall at the…...

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Cranfield Graduation

It was an honour and pleasure to attend the graduation and prize giving ceremonies at Cranfield University where the Water Conservation Trust provides a bursary for students on the Water and Wastewater Processes MSc course as well as a prize for the best dissertation.  I was pleased to meet and…...

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A Bridge to the Past

The Water Conservation Trust has supported the creation of, and following its opening on 5 June, the operation of the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration in Clerkenwell.  It is in the old pumping station and works at the end of the New River.  The Trustees were very keen to visit…...

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We need to do more, faster – A Conversation about Sustainability

Our grateful thanks to Dame Polly Courtice, founder of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, and Peter Simpson, former Chief Executive of Anglian Water, for sharing a fascinating conversation on the development of politics, policy, economics and corporate attitudes to sustainability over the last thirty years. The conversation explored a…...

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Welcome to our newest Freemen of the City of London

At an Admission Ceremony in the Chamberlain’s Court at the Guildhall, Freemen of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators Fiona Daly and Tim Weller were given the Freedom of the City of London.  Congratulations to them and thanks to their supporters....

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Tudor Pull

We are pleased to report that the Stela was successfully transported from Hampton Court Palace to the Tower of London. At Hampton Court the Stela was handed over by the Custodian in a beautiful secluded garden in the palace. Accompanying the Stela on its journey down the Thames were the…...

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