Environmental News from United Kingdom

EarthWire UK provides a daily overview of the environment in the UK as reported in the media. The web site is updated every day by a team of editors that reviews media sources for environmental news stories.

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Water Management

Newcastle hopes to tap deep heat with 2000m geothermal probe
Guardian Unlimited | 23 Feb 2011
Britain's greenest city has launched a hunt for virtually free hot water more than a mile below its central streets. Drilling has started in Newcastle Upon Tyne on a borehole which hopes to tap inexhaustible supplies of groundwater naturally kept at 80C (176F) by geothermal heat. The project, based...

'Water poverty' to rise in the UK as scarcity pushes up bills
Guardian Unlimited | 20 Feb 2011
Four million British households already 'water poor' as climate change and increased demand lead to higher tariffs. "Water poverty" will become the new fuel poverty for an increasing number of households as scarcity of supply pushes up bills, according to an influential thinktank that says Britain...

United Kingdom | Access to Freshwater | Drought | Environmental Awareness | Education

Northern Ireland Water chief resigns over crisis
Guardian Unlimited | 06 Jan 2011
Laurence MacKenzie steps down after thousands of households left without water over Christmas and New Year. The head of Northern Ireland Water (NIW) has resigned over the mishandling of the water crisis that hit the province over Christmas and the New Year in the wake of freezing temperatures. The...

Northern Ireland | Health and Environment | Urban Planning | Urban Water and Sanitation | Water Management

In praise of... Sunderland Point
Guardian Unlimited | 16 Nov 2010
Choosing what to protect of Britain's vulnerable coastline is a difficult balancing act. Choosing what to protect and what to try to save from the stormy waters around the British coast is an invidious task. Sunderland Point (that's Sunderland, Lancashire, not Sunderland, Tyne and Wear) is typical...

World must tackle water-shortage threat: adviser
Reuters | 12 Oct 2010
Water shortages will be the world's most pressing problem in the next decade, compounded by a growing global population, Britain's chief scientist John Beddington said on Tuesday.

Climate and Atmosphere | Climate Change | Food Security | Waste | Water Management

Flood money: The water cycle
The Independent | 11 May 2010
You've probably heard the dubious statistic that a glass of tap water in London has cycled through seven different people before ending up in your tumbler. But how much does water cycle naturally around the world?

United Kingdom | Water Management

UK water imports 'unsustainable'
BBC World Service | 18 Apr 2010
The amount of water used to produce food and goods imported to the UK is worsening global shortages, a report concludes.

United Kingdom | Access to Freshwater | Water Management

Paul Priestman's innovation: The Waterpebble
Guardian Unlimited | 11 Apr 2010
The Waterpebble sits in the bottom of your shower and records your water usage. During subsequent showers, the pebble uses that initial benchmark to give you a series of traffic light signals suggesting when it's time to get out.

United Kingdom | Energy Consumption | Water Management

Big Think: Does the world's real commodity crisis concern oil or water?
The Independent | 16 Sep 2009
Does the worlds real commodity crisis concern oil—or water? Peter Brabeck, former CEO and now Chairman of Nestlé, thinks well run out of water faster than we will oil unless we stop thinking of it as a human right and start charging for it. The member of the European Round Table of Industrialists explained his views on water and charted his notable career for Big Think.

Water Management

Yet another green message from space
Guardian Unlimited | 11 Sep 2009
The billionaire boss of Cirque du Soleil is traveling into space for 12 days, at a cost of $35m, to raise awareness about water rights on Earth. Surely his money could be better spent?

England | Water Management

REVISION AND TESTING OF BMWPSCORES
Foundation for Water Research | 22 Jun 2007
The regulatory authorities have used Biological Monitoring Working Party (BMWP) scores as part of their river invertebrate status classification system for some time.

Water Management | Water Pollution

Measurement and Modelling of Emissions from Three Composting Sites
Foundation for Water Research | 22 Jun 2007
The focus of this project is on improving regulatory risk assessments. Ongoing research has improved the quality of source term data used in regulatory risk assessments and this study aimed to improve modelling of bioaerosols downwind of composting facilities, by examining the influences on variability of emissions.

Water Management | Water Pollution

THE LONG TERM MIGRATION OFSUBSTANCES FROM IN-SITU APPLIED EPOXY RESIN COATINGS
Foundation for Water Research | 22 Jun 2007
Trials of epoxy resin relining for the rehabilitation of water mains in the UK started in the late 1970s and by the late 1990s epoxy lining had become the most popular nonstructural rehabilitation method. Currently five manufacturers hold approvals for epoxy resins for the in-situ lining of water mains.

Water Management | Water Pollution

Source Attribution and CriticalLoads Assessment for Special Areas of Conservation and SpecialProtect...
Foundation for Water Research | 22 Jun 2007
A methodology was developed for allocating site relevant critical loads of acidity and nutrient nitrogen to designated features to assess the impact of industrial emissions on European Sites (Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) and Special Protected Area (SPA)).

Water Management | Water Pollution

Water effort needs campaign - study
Green Consumer Guide | 10 Oct 2006
A government-backed campaign to save water would have a major effect on UK consumers, according to the results of a new study.

Lib Dems to attack wasteful water firms
Guardian Unlimited | 14 Sep 2006
The Liberal Democrats are considering controversial plans to convert wasteful water firms into not-for-profit companies as part of a raft of ambitious green policies.

Urban Water and Sanitation | Urban Water Resources | Water Management | Water Pollution

Water crisis happening now
Nature | 22 Aug 2006
One-third of the world's population is living in water-scarce areas, say scientists behind a 5-year analysis of global water resources.

Waste Management | Water Management

River water quality indicator for sustainable development: 2005
DEFRA - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 21 Aug 2006
The river water quality indicator is one of the UK Governments sustainable development indicators, as outlined in the sustainable development strategy 'Securing the future' published in March 2005

Water Management | Water Pollution

Australian town can't stomach recycled sewage water
Reuters | 31 Jul 2006
A drought-hit Australian town could not swallow the idea of drinking recycled sewage water and rejected the water-saving option in a referendum on Saturday

Waste | Waste Management | Water Management | Water Pollution

Lebanon oil slick 'worst environmental disaster' in Med
Yahoo! News | 29 Jul 2006
The Mediterranean is threatened by its worst ever environmental disaster after Israel's bombing of a power plant in Lebanon sent thousands of tonnes of fuel gushing into the sea, the environment minister charged.

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