Affinity Water has begun work restoring five rivers in its catchment and set out plans to complete 30 projects on 13 rivers by 2025.
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Utility Week speaks to former Environment Agency acting chief executive, Toby Willison, about his role at Southern Water and the company's environmental vision for the future.
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Affinity has announced a new water efficiency campaign that will use social media influencers and connect consumers' water usage with the streams and rivers near their homes.
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Four strategic water resource projects have become the first to pass the initial assessment by the Regulators Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID). The projects relating to bolstering water resources in Southern's western region include a recycling scheme, a desalination plant and a reservoir.
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The EA undertook a review of deep sourced groundwater that found it may be a useful alternative source in water stressed areas, particularly for livestock and irrigation. It has proposed mapping sources across England to better protect them.
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Affinity Water is returning the flow of the River Misbourne to its natural route as part of its plans to revitalise chalk streams in its catchment area.
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As part of the company's most ambitious plans yet, chief executive Pauline Walsh describes Affinity's efforts to lower water demand in its region, reduce leakage by 20 per cent and protect precious chalk streams
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Protecting vulnerable chalk streams emerged as a key concern for the majority of respondents to the Environment Agency's consultation on drought management plans. The EA will change its recommendations for drought planning to encourage companies to be more proactive and flexible at times of drier weather
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Changes to Southern Water’s abstraction licence for the River Test in Hampshire pose “a challenge” for the company as it looks “more likely” it will need to apply for a drought permit this summer.
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A £14.5 million Thames Water project to ease pressure on a stream in Oxfordshire has uncovered 26 human skeletons believed to be from the Iron Age and Roman periods.
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