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Minister Double: Water companies must do more to reduce leakage

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 15 August 2022 - Categories: water
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There has been positive pick-up of Water Minister Steve Double’s calls for greater investment from water companies to address leakage, at a time when water resources are in the spotlight as parts of the country move into drought. Writing for …

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Dry weather and water company performance

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 9 August 2022 - Categories: water
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Today there has been widespread coverage of water company performance in light of ongoing dry weather.

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Media coverage of Government response to EAC inquiry on water quality

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 17 May 2022 - Categories: Environment Agency, Pollution, Weekly stories

Today we are looking at coverage of the government response to the EAC report into water quality in rivers.

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Defra response to Environment Bill storm overflows amendment coverage

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 25 October 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
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Today we are looking at media coverage of an amendment to the Environment Bill related to sewage discharges from storm overflows.

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Regulatory Position Statement on wastewater treatment

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 8 September 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
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Time-limited position statement has robust conditions in place to mitigate risks to the environment

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Water companies given green light to invest £2.7 billion on building back greener

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 15 July 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
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Ofwat has confirmed a final package of investment from water companies to deliver lasting environmental improvements.

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Too many water companies still failing to protect environment

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 13 July 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
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This afternoon’s blog looks at media coverage of the Environment Agency’s annual assessment of the environmental performance of England’s water companies.

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Measures to reduce harm from storm overflows to be made law

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 29 March 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
Image of stones in a river

Today we look at coverage in the Guardian, Telegraph, Times and Yorkshire Post about our plans to bring in legislation to reduce sewage discharges by water companies into rivers.

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'LOVE WATER' campaign launched to protect UK the water environment

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 1 August 2019 - Categories: Weekly stories
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There has been positive coverage of the launch of the Love Water campaign. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the importance of water and the role everyone plays in protecting it.

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EU and microplastics and Ofwat assessment of water companies' business plans

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 31 January 2019 - Categories: Weekly stories

We look at coverage of the EU proposing a ban on microplastics and Ofwat's initial assessment of water companies’ business plans for 2020-25.

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