A Court of Appeal judgment earlier this month could prove a significant development in legal efforts to hold the government to its duty to protect the environment, according to The Office for Environmental Protection. The Court upheld a complaint brought by a group of fishermen in North Yorkshire, who accused…...
New Liverymen and Freemen at Election Court
At our Election Court meeting we were pleased to admit Tom Morton, Michael Nates, and Cherry Parker, as Liverymen of the Company, and Penelope Banks, Sharon Barker, Eileen Bigg, Susannah Clements, Polly Courtice, Karyn Georges, Karen Murrell, Caryn Novak, Matthew Sparkes, and Craig Turner as Freemen of the Company....
Influencing the Restoration of Welsh Rivers
The Welsh Government has acknowledged and responded to a series of ambitions in a report to help restore the health of Welsh rivers. The top five priorities put forward were: Reducing Intensive Agriculture Runoff Strengthening Enforcement of Environmental Regulations Implementing Nature-Based Solutions (Wetlands and Riparian buffer zones) Adopting a Catchment…...
Water industry veteran outlines challenges facing sector in Radio 4 interview
There’s much more in Britain’s broken water system that needs fixing than sewage treatment alone, according to an industry veteran and leading member of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators. But after years of starving the industry of investment, because of pressure from government and the water regulator Ofwat to keep prices…...
Neutron scattering for materials research
Peter Hall 18 March, 2025 A group of Water Conservators visited the Neutron Scattering for Materials Research Facility at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), and the onsite water treatment arrangements at the Harwell Campus. The Conservators team A model of the neutron and muon generation and scattering facility…...
CITY WATER DEBATE 2025
Bakers’ Hall, London, Wednesday 19 March Hosted by the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators Britain’s water sector is poised for a new “Bazalgette moment”, with a potential £104 billion to invest over the next five years and the chance to renew and transform much of the country’s water infrastructure, just…...
Investing in the future
Dharmesh Joshi and Deputy Master Martin Bigg, both Trustees of the Water Conservation Trust, visited Imperial to meet the staff and students we support through the Trust’s Bursary awards. It was fascinating to hear the students describe the various routes that they had taken to attend the University to study…...
