» Thames Water could raise bills to £627 a year to help fix leaks
22/04/24 07:12 from Water | The Guardian
Embattled water supplier promises to invest up to £3bn more over the next five years Business live – latest updates Thames Water could raise bills to as much as £627 a year to pay to fix its leaky network, after promising to invest up to...

» Country diary 1949: swans at risk of lead poisoning
22/04/24 05:00 from Water | The Guardian
23 April 1949 : For many years swans have attempted to make their home on Ullswater but their brief tenure there has ended in deaths PENRITH: Several visitors to the Lake District on Good Friday had the somewhat unusual experience of wat...

» ‘No dividing line’: consultants advising private water companies also work for their regulator, Ofwat
21/04/24 09:00 from Water | The Guardian
Campaigners call for the whole regulatory system to be replaced after Observer analysis finds watchdog spent more than £25m with consultancies The water industry regulator has spent £26.7m on business consultants in the past five years, ...

» ‘They just make you happy’: the Queensland farmers who took a chance on a million sunflowers
21/04/24 00:00 from Water | The Guardian
Battling drought, Jenny and Russell Jenner tore out their failing crops. Could fields of sunflowers for selfies save their Queensland farm? There is the smell of freshly cut hay as you travel the country road towards the yellow that dust...

» ‘Dirty secret’: insiders say UK water firms knowingly break sewage laws
20/04/24 05:00 from Water | The Guardian
Exclusive: Whistleblowers point to broader sewage scandal, with wastewater systems manipulated to divert sewage Whistleblowers say UK water companies are knowingly failing to treat legally required amounts of sewage, and that some treatm...

» US lawmakers Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna seek to ban trade in water rights
18/04/24 13:00 from Water | The Guardian
Bill would stop private investors, including hedge funds, farmers and municipalities, from profiting off water scarcity With private investors poised to profit from water scarcity in the west, US senator Elizabeth Warren and representati...

» California cracks down on water pumping: ‘The ground is collapsing’
17/04/24 19:33 from Water | The Guardian
Farm region near Tulare Lake has been put on ‘probation’ as overpumping of water has caused faster sinking of ground Even after two back-to-back wet years, California’s water wars are far from over. On Tuesday, state water officials took...

» A bottle of the finest Chateau Sewage for our dearest Tory MPs | Brief letters
16/04/24 16:20 from Water | The Guardian
Polluted rivers | Donald Trump’s trial | Women walking alone | John Crace’s return | A better Britain Wendy Bradley’s suggestion for giving water company directors a tipple from the waters of their constituency is great ( Letters, 10 Apr...

» Time for volunteers to get equal protection from sexual harassment | Brief letters
15/04/24 16:26 from Water | The Guardian
Equality Act | Pop art | Horrifying sounds | Shower sharing | No fan of Jackson While it is good that sexual harassment is being added to the 2010 Equality Act this year, it will not cover volunteers ( The world has changed. So why do bu...

» Record number of river barriers removed across Europe in 2023
15/04/24 09:24 from Water | The Guardian
Removal of nearly 500 barriers last year will help restore disturbed waterways to their natural state, says Dam Removal Europe Europe removed a record number of dams and other barriers from its rivers in 2023, a report has found, helping...

» Colombians told to shower with a partner as drought hits capital water supplies
12/04/24 10:37 from Water | The Guardian
Bogotá brings in water rationing with El Niño weather phenomenon meaning city could run out in under two months Couples in Bogotá are being asked to shower together as water supplies are rationed in the Colombian capital. Major neighbour...

» EPA has limited six ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water – but there are 15,000
11/04/24 10:00 from Water | The Guardian
Rules celebrated for reducing exposures, but experts say it’s not enough and will lead to ‘an endless game of Whac-A-Mole’ Strong new limits for some PFAS compounds in drinking water set by the US Environmental Protection Agency this wee...

» Proposed $4bn pumped hydro project could power a third of Sydney’s households by 2031
10/04/24 22:34 from Water | The Guardian
Private energy retailer behind the project above Lake Burragorang says venture would be about half the generation size of Snowy 2.0 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free a...

» US imposes first-ever limits on levels of toxic PFAS in drinking water
10/04/24 11:41 from Water | The Guardian
EPA takes action for first time in 27 years against ‘forever chemicals’ feared to be contaminating water for over 200 million The US Environmental Protection Agency has set legally enforceable drinking water limits for a group of the mos...

» Profits over pipes: who should own our water? - podcast
10/04/24 02:00 from Water | The Guardian
Thames Water owes hundreds of millions of pounds in debt, and the UK government is concerned about its potential collapse. Helena Horton reports Thames Water, the UK’s biggest water company, which services 16 million people across the so...

» Australia among hotspots for toxic ‘forever chemicals’, study of PFAS levels finds
08/04/24 15:00 from Water | The Guardian
Australian limits on acceptable levels of these toxic chemicals in drinking water ‘orders of magnitude’ higher than in US Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or dail...

» Nearly half of US prisons draw water likely contaminated with toxic PFAS – report
08/04/24 10:00 from Water | The Guardian
Around 1 million people, including 13,000 youths, especially vulnerable because they can do little to protect themselves Nearly half of US prisons draw water from sources likely contaminated with toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, new resea...

» Australia should prepare for 20-year megadroughts as the climate crisis worsens, study finds
05/04/24 01:10 from Water | The Guardian
Climate modelling by the Australian National University found Australia has experienced megadroughts every 150 to 1,000 years and is due for another Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Join the Rural Network group on Facebook ...

» The true cost of El Salvador’s new gold rush
04/04/24 04:00 from Water | The Guardian
Seven years ago, El Salvador banned all mining for metals to protect its water supply. But now the government seems to be making moves to reverse the ban – and environmental activists are in the firing line On the afternoon of 17 Ma...

» Zimbabwean president declares state of disaster due to drought
03/04/24 20:14 from Water | The Guardian
Emmerson Mnangagwa says country needs $2bn of aid as severe dry spell caused by El Niño afflicts southern Africa Zimbabwe has declared a national disaster over a drought caused by the climate event known as El Niño and President Emmerson...

» Bloomin’ Algae app users can help public and pets enjoy the natural environment safely this summer
10/06/21 00:00 from Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Professor Laurence Carvalho of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), who specialises in the study of algal blooms and water quality, says people can provide early warnings of blue-green...

» Climate change is causing declines in seabirds’ breeding success
28/05/21 00:00 from Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
The first global analysis of seabird breeding success in relation to climate has found many species are struggling to produce offspring as ocean temperatures rise.The study, published in the journal...

» Climate change makes West Nile virus outbreaks 'plausible' in UK
27/05/21 00:00 from Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Climate change will make outbreaks of West Nile virus more likely in the UK within the next 20-30 years, scientists say.West Nile virus is spread by mosquitoes and has no vaccine. Most people have no...

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» Trials investigate large-scale removal of greenhouse gases
24/05/21 00:00 from Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Research teams will investigate innovative methods of large-scale removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere to support the UK’s net zero emissions target.Scientists from institutes across the...

» UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme launches website and app on World Bee Day
20/05/21 00:00 from Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
A landmark citizen science scheme that monitors how populations of pollinators are changing across the country is making it easier for the public to take part in its surveys.The UK Pollinator...

» Widespread Chernobyl wildfires posed low radiation health risks
18/05/21 00:00 from Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Extensive wildfires in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone resulted in little additional radiation risk for firefighters and the wider public, a new study led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (...

» Nature-based solutions are key to tackling climate change and biodiversity loss
12/05/21 00:00 from Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
A new report by UK scientists says nature can make a valuable contribution to tackling climate change and biodiversity loss in the UK.The first complete assessment of its kind for the UK aims to...

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» Try nature-based citizen science to support your wellbeing
11/05/21 00:00 from Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Dr Michael Pocock writes about research exploring people's connection to nature and how it might relate to wellbeing...This week (10-16 May 2021) is Mental Health Awareness Week, and the theme for...

» Impacts of landfill chemical waste on UK seabirds investigated
10/05/21 00:00 from Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
A £2.3million study is investigating the effects that chemical pollutants from coastal landfill waste may be having on UK seabirds’ health, reproduction and survival.While the varied negative impacts...

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» Nitrogen pollution is no laughing matter
27/04/21 00:00 from Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Nitrous oxide (N2O) - commonly known as laughing gas - has 300 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO2) and is responsible for seven per cent of harmful greenhouse gas emissions...

» Climate 'tipping points' need not be irreversible, say scientists
22/04/21 00:00 from Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
The disastrous consequences of climate ‘tipping points’ could be averted if global warming is reversed quickly enough, new research suggests.Tipping points are the thresholds at which rising...

» Improved management of farmed peatlands could cut 500 million tonnes of CO2
20/04/21 00:00 from Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Substantial cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions could be achieved by raising water levels in agricultural peatlands, according to a new study in the journal Nature.Peatlands occupy just three per...