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Defining Food Poverty – The New Normal

The Water Conservators have supported the Livery Food Initiative and City Harvest through donations and collections.  It was very interesting to receive an update at the Drapers Hall attended by representatives of the Livery and the City.  The Deputy Master Martin Bigg attended on behalf of the Company. Their work…...

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The Lord Mayor’s Show 8 November 2025

Save the date! To celebrate 20 years since we received our Royal Charter and 25 years since we became the 102nd Livery Company, we are entering our Float – The Magic Tap – in the Lord Mayor’s Show in November.  Many thanks to the members who have made this possible…...

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Admiral of the Port Challenge

The Thames Warden Carolyn Roberts stepped into our Cutter, Water Forget-me-not, as substitute passenger for the Master, for this hotly contested race from Coin Street Shoal outside the Royal Festival Hall to Westminster Boating Base at Chelsea Harbour. The event for cutters is very capably organised by the Thames Traditional…...

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Independent Water Commission’s key proposals

Members of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators have worked to share their knowledge and enperience, on behalf of the Company, with government, agencies, regulators and other organisations.  We have supported the work of The Independent Water Commission (IWC) established by the UK and Welsh governments in October 2024. Its…...

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Congratulations to Imperial winner

Congratulations to Hanzhi Chen for winning a Water Conservators’ Company Dissertation Prize for his dissertation entitled ‘The Impacts of Flame Retardants on Soil Quality, Human Health and the Environment from Agricultural Use of Sewage Sludge’, submitted for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental Engineering at Imperial, London. Deputy…...

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The New Towns Task Force and Water

The Worshipful Company of Water Conservators has offered to provide the government’s New Towns Task Force with a detailed briefing on regulations governing water use and waste water disposal, and the relevant government strategies as they relate to housing development. The briefing will be based on the Company’s submissions to…...

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Sustainability Policy update

The Worshipful Company of Water Conservators has the promotion of sustainability at the heart of its thinking and activities, well captured in its vision of ‘Promoting a Diverse and Sustainable Environment’. It has broadened its Climate Action Plan into a Sustainability Policy with objectives that are consistent with the United…...

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Tudor Pull

The Master of the Water Conservators, Dylan Barker and the Master of the Watermen and Lightermen, Ted Manning, were presented with the Stela, a section of medieval wooden water pipe, by the Operations Director of the Royal Palace at Hampton Court.  It was then taken safely by HM Bargemaster, on…...

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Welcome to our new Liveryman and Freeman

At a meeting of the Court, at the Oxford and Cambridge Club in London, the Master, Dylan Barker, admitted Graham Edwards as a Liveryman, and Peter Simpson as a Freeman.  The Court and Company are very pleased to welcome them to the Company....

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Water Conservation Trust CIO

The Trustees of the Company’s charity, The Water Conservation Trust CIO*, met on 6 May 2025 to review progress on education projects and to consider what should be included in the five-year plan 2025-2030. Trustees agreed that the priority should be on education, with a review of the University Bursary…...

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