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Company Statement on Defra Consultations: Industrial Emissions and Very Small Sewage Discharges

The Company has responded to two Defra consultations on permitting. One on industrial emissions and one on very small sewage discharges. In doing so the Company observed that these are  both parts of a fragmented approach to permitting .It supported both sets of  proposals pro-tem with the caveat that, in…...

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Supporting the Construction Liveries Group

The Water Conservators are active members of the Construction Liveries Group which is looking at all aspects of construction including Heritage, Legal Liability and Training. As the largest producer of waste in the UK and with a major impact on the environment, the Water Conservators are encouraging the construction industry…...

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Ethics in the Water Sector

Past Master Peter Matthews has produced a personal reflection on ethics in the water sector. Please see https://www.linkedin.com/company/ciwem-east-anglian-branch/posts/?feedView=all...

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Supporting Women in Water

The Master and Members of the Company were very pleased to support Hearing Unheard Voices: the Dividends of Incorporating Diversity organised by the Community of Women in Water and hosted by Arup. Many unheard voices work on water-related challenges. One such group is women, who are 50% of the population,…...

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Words and Music for the Sheriffs’ and Recorder’s Fund

The Old Bailey Choir put on two concerts a year in aid of the Sheriffs’ and Recorder’s Fund.  This was an evening of music and poetry read by Larry Lamb in the Old Bailey “By the waters’ edge”.  With a water theme, we had to attend! There was a full…...

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Water Conservation Trust sponsored walk

To raise funds for the Water Conservation Trust school’s programme, members of the Trust and Water Conservators Company took part in a sponsored walk on Sunday 5 October 2025 along the Tring Summit of the Grand Union Canal. The walk started outside Tring Railway Station then followed the route of…...

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Celebrating 1350 years

All Hallows by the Tower serves those who live and work in the City of London and nearby Tower Hamlets, visitors from all around the world and is the Livery Church for the Water Conservators. It is the oldest parish church in the City, founded in 675AD. The remains of…...

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Can we afford Sustainable Cities?

Retrofitting the UK’s housing stock to make it sustainable could cost up to £200 billion, according to one leading expert, and it’s not clear where the money will come from. Studies have shown it might be possible to reduce the bill to £58 billion, but it remains a huge number.…...

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St Paul’s Evensong

Livery Companies were invited to join the Worshipful Company of Musicians for Evensong in the Cathedral.  The service was led by the Chaplain, the Reverend Paula Hollingsworth, and included very impressive singing by the cathedral choir and the Royal College of Music String Orchestra. Masters, Clerks, Livery and friends gathered…...

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Election of the Lady Mayor

Congratulations to Dame Susan Langley on her election as the Lady Mayor of London.  She will be the 697th and only third female Mayor; we expect and look forward to a different and exciting year. The election of the Lord Mayor is one of the most important days in the…...

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