In case you missed it, last month the Society for the Environment announced 9,000 reasons to be positive – A milestone for environmental professionals During the last week of November 2025, the Society for the Environment (SocEnv) tipped over 9,000 current registered environmental professionals for the first time. SocEnv holds…...
Bioresources and circularity
Water Conservator Martin Ballard (Group Head of Environment at Wates Group Ltd) has an article on ‘Challenging perceptions of soil contamination: towards a circular economy’ published in the Institute of Water December 2025 edition, in which he has referenced the Water Conservators’ Bioresources paper. https://library.myebook.com/InstituteofWaterMagazine/winter-2025/6395/#page/36...
Defra Consultation on Water Efficiency
Past Master Peter Matthews has asked for this to be posted. The Company has responded to the Defra consultation on water efficiency and amendment of building regulations, which it has advocated for a long time. But the amendments are out of synch with the Water Company Ofwat Environmental Incentive scheme…...
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…...
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…...
Response to Cunliffe Report
Picture courtesy of the BBC Following the publication of the report of the Independent Water Commission chaired by Sir Jon Cunliffe this morning, Professor Carolyn Roberts, Master of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators, issued the following statement in a personal capacity: The Cunliffe Report is perhaps the most important…...
Report of the Independent Water Commission chaired by Sir Jon Cunliffe
The Report from the Independent Water Commission, chaired by Sir Jon Cunliffe, has been publised and is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/roadmap-to-rebuild-trust-in-water-sector-unveiled-in-major-new-report The Worshipful Company of Water Conservators contributed to the work of the Commission. The full report is available here: Independent Water Commission final report The Government response is available here:…...
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