1100 years ago King Athelstan was crowned King of a newly unified England at Kingston on the River Thames. In the 900’s the river marked the divide between Wessex and Mercia. As part of the celebrations the Water Conservators and our cutter Water Forget-me-not joined with other Livery cutters and…...
Save the date – City Water Debate – Wednesday 18 March 2026 – WATER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, TOO LITTLE SUPPLY, TOO MUCH DEMAND
The UK is running out of water. Population and economic growth combined with climate change mean that consumption is increasingly outstripping supply. We are already abstracting more water from the environment than is sustainable. In England alone the Environment Agency has estimated that there will be shortfall of five billion…...
Bursary and Dissertation Prize Winners
Past Master and Trustee, Professor Martin Bigg, was invited on behalf of the Water Conservation Trust, to Clare College, Cambridge, for the MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development, Annual End of Course and Alumni Dinner. It is 23 years since the first cohort of students came to Cambridge to begin…...
UK River Summit and Festival
Now in its 3rd year, the UK River Summit and Festival at Morden Hall is an independent event that brings together environmental leaders, policymakers, scientists, activists, and community members to discuss and develop solutions for the critical challenges facing the UK’s rivers. Past Master Peter Hall represented the Company. The…...
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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