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The Lord Mayor’s Show 8 November 2025
Save the date! To celebrate 20 years since we received our Royal Charter and 25 years since we became the 102nd Livery Company, we are entering our Float – 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…
Supportive Response Submitted to Defra’s Permitting Reform Consultation
The Company has made a short response to the Defra consultation on reform of the exemptions processes in environmental permitting, giving broad support. The response is filed on the web…
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…
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…
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…
Tudor Pull
The Master of the Water Conservators, Dylan Barker and the Master of the Watermen and Lightermen, Ted Manning, were presented with the Stela, a section of medieval wooden water pipe,…
Company Submits Response to Environmental Audit Committee on PFAS Concerns
The Company has responded to the Environment Audit Committee’s call for evidence on PFAS , expressing its concerns.
Environment Agency consultation on the proposed Enforcement Levy for Water Companies
In response to the Environment Agency (EA) consultation, the Water Conservators agreed, in principle, that the EA needs to be adequately funded to carry out its duties of permitting and…
Welcome to our new Liveryman and Freeman
At a meeting of the Court, at the Oxford and Cambridge Club in London, the Master, Dylan Barker, admitted Graham Edwards as a Liveryman, and Peter Simpson as a Freeman. …