Thank you to Queen Mary University of London for the invitation to the Company to the celebration of 240 years of education and research on 9 July 2024. The Water Conservation Trust sponsors a bursary and dissertation prize for students on the MSc in Water and Environmental Management course at…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
Barriers and Opportunities for Restoring Rivers
Members of the Company were at the UK Water Partnership Annual Summit on the barriers and opportunities for restoring river health. It was encouraging to hear progress to date and the contribution of young professionals to the debate around river health. There was a high level of ambition for change…...
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…...
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…...
Heritage & Modernity
After the successful first London 2030 Skyline Symposium last year the Construction Liveries Group held a second symposium on how modern buildings complement old buildings. The Water Conservators are active members of the Group as construction and demolition have significant impacts on water and the environment. The packed event in…...
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