The English village of Barkstone has been supplied bottled water due to the detection of E. coli in some water samples earlier this month. Maintenance was being performed in the area allowed for dirt to get into the water supply, which caused some water samples to not meet strict standards after the work was completed. […]
Two power companies in the United Kingdom and Norway have an ambitious plan to connect the two countries’ power grids. The project, costing £1.8 billion, involves laying an undersea cable over 720 kilometers of water. The goal of the project is to shift Britain’s power sources from coal and natural gas to hydroelectricity from Norway, […]
The U.K. wastes about three billion liters of water per day, water that is treated and completely safe for human consumption. However, a great deal of this wastage occurs well before the customer turns on the tap, since there are many leaks in the plumbing system that would take too much cost and inconvenience for […]
Each hectare of farmland sustains the food production for one out of every four people on Earth. But the distribution of this cropland around the world is uneven. Cropland is under threat from climate change, the use of land for biofuels instead of food, and other environmental factors. Most importantly, croplands are vulnerable due to […]
The amount of drinkable water on Earth is limited, and yet we are destroying it. 80 percent of waste water is left untreated and dumped into the existing water supply, and every single state in the US has contaminated water sources, even some with arsenic. As the global population rises in the future, so will […]
The UK based sewage treatment company Southern Water has been fined £126 million by the British government’s Water Services Regulation Authority. The watchdog group alleged that from 2010 to 2017, Southern Water neglected to invest in their own treatment plants, resulting in equipment failure and environmental contamination by sewage. It then proceeded to lie about […]
The River Clun in south Shropshire is a Special Area of Conservation, but it may lose that status. The supply of freshwater pearl mussels from the river is also declining. River Clun has seven tributary streams and each of them influences water quality. The water quality is not good enough to meet conservation objectives for […]
Drilling holes naturally makes water want to flow. This is especially impactful because it can deplete or contaminate the drinking water sources with dangerous toxins. It costs money to remove the excess water as well as keeping it clean and prevent it from damaging the environment. The main source of the excess water is rainfall […]
Aggregat Industries bought Tuckleholme quarry and began to restore it for wild life preservation. New habitats include reedbeds that contribute to attract many types of bird species. The reeds also filter the water flowing in so it improves water quality. They also limited the number of trees planted to allow species to thrive without the […]
Water firms could be forced to restrict shareholder payouts, Ofwat warns – Belfast Telegraph
No matter where you turn, corruption and the prospect of big payouts at someone else’s expense are often appealing concepts for the already rich. In a new blog post by Belfast Telegraph, they summarize a new plan designed to ban large payouts to stakeholders in the water regulation and firm sector to help alleviate the […]