What Is The Water Restoration Fund?
Despite being the world’s most precious resource, water is coming increasingly under threat, with global supplies now struggling under the combined pressures of population growth...
Despite being the world’s most precious resource, water is coming increasingly under threat, with global supplies now struggling under the combined pressures of population growth...
The last 18 months leading up to March 2024 saw a record amount of rainfall across England, with Press Association analysis of Met Office statistics showing that 1,695.9mm of rain ...
The state of the UK’s rivers could now be considered something of a national disgrace, with just 14 per cent of the nation’s waterways classified as having good ecological stat...
The UK’s ageing sewer network poses a significant problem around the country, leading to water leaks, pollution and flooding. The situation is being exacerbated by population gro...
Its a fact, Golf needs water! Without water the greens will fade and die. All golfers want to stay away from the water, that splash as your round sinks beneath the surface us never...
River health in the UK is a hot topic of conversation these days, with water quality a growing concern around the country, one that puts human health, the economy, livelihoods and ...
Tackling the water crisis will involve a wide range of different strategies and approaches, with each nation around the world finding the best solutions to suit their specific set ...
Every business in the world relies on a high quality, plentiful water supply to function, if for no other reason than every human being relies on water to live and function effecti...
It’s safe to say that water is one of the most precious natural resources that we have. Without it, life would be impossible to sustain. Despite this, however, water quali...
Towards the end of January, it emerged that the Black Basta ransomware group had claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on utility company Southern Water, sharing a snippet of t...
This year Southern Water take the prize for the largest increase in metered water bills. Last year 11.6 percent but this year 18.3 percent. Wastewater charges last year 10.1...
The problem of poor quality and availability of freshwater in the UK is getting worse and worse, as a result of an increase in pollution, a rising population, and climate change. &...
As citizens of 21st century England, we perhaps take access to clean water and sanitation a little for granted, but it hasn’t always been this way, with piped water only made rea...
During Talking Water episode 3 Graham Mann and David Easson explore various aspects of how the Business Water Switching Platform works in more detail, and some of the key benefits ...
Over the last few years, prolonged drought conditions have been seen all over the world, from Europe to China and the US, with unprecedented heat waves driving record temperatures....
The UK’s premier business water comparison site SwitchWaterSupplier.com has learnt that the wholesale water, wastewater and other charges are to be increased Big Time by Whol...
During Talking Water episode 2 Graham Mann and David Easson explore various aspects of how the Business Water Switching Platform works in more detail, and some of the key benefits ...
One of the biggest topics in British water infrastructure was the revelation of significant levels of illegal raw sewage dumping taking place, including near clean water areas and ...
Water stress and scarcity is one of the biggest climate change-related threats that the world faces and every corner of the globe is expected to be affected by the likes of drought...
Water wholesaler Yorkshire Water has submitted an enforcement undertaking to the Environment Agency, suggesting that it makes a charitable donation of £1 million following a breac...
Farmers around the world will be offered further support to help them adopt sustainable climate-resilient ways of working thanks to a new scaled-up partnership between the UK and t...
Christmas is a particularly hectic time for one and all, but for the logistics industry it’s nonstop, with goods of all kinds being ferried from one corner of the world to the ot...
Graham Mann Director of Business Water Switching site Switchwatersupplier.com and David Easson of Yorkshire Podcast Studio discuss how non domestic customers can switch water suppl...
The government has unveiled a £74 million investment pot to help farmers around the country make further investments in slurry infrastructure, with the aim being to address the is...
None residential customers ask many questions about switching water supplier, so in order to help you here are just a few key questions : – https://www.switchwatersupp...
Last year saw the driest July since 1935, with drought conditions declared for much of the country off the back of soaring temperatures and below-average rainfall for every month e...
Water security has been an important talking point over the past few years as extreme weather phenomena have become significantly more common to the point of becoming the new norma...
The poor quality of the UK’s waterways is now very well documented and it seems as though not a day goes by that sewage spills and pollution don’t hit the headlines for some re...
Individuals and businesses signed up to Anglian Water can expect their bills to increase, as the water supplier has revealed it needs the money to expand its pipe network. W...
Without water, there is no life, but the most vital resource in the world is in the unique position of simultaneously being both so abundant as to be virtually infinite and yet als...
It goes without saying that without water, a business stops functioning in the same way a human body stops functioning without water. Besides being essential for life as wel...
There are few universal constants in the world that link every person on the planet together, but one of them is that we need water to survive, thrive and be our best selves.  ...
At the start of the year, analysis of satellite data by the Institute of Geodesy at TU Graz revealed that Europe has been in a state of severe drought since 2018, with the continen...
There’s certainly no denying that travel, tourism and hospitality hold significant value for the global economy, with the latest report from the World Travel & Tourism Counci...
At the start of the year, a study from Oxford University’s School of Geography revealed that over 90 per cent of the world’s population is now predicted to face increased risks...
The EU has introduced a new piece of legislation for all member states – the Water Reuse Regulation (WRR) – that has made the use of treated wastewater for irrigation a...
When it comes to water shortages and the issue of water stress and scarcity, it’s all too easy to fall into the trap of thinking that we’ll be spared such concerns here in the ...
Freshwater supplies around the world are becoming increasingly scarce as time goes on, with billions of people globally now lacking safe access to drinking water… and this is exp...
It’s an oft-cited fact that, despite being absolutely essential for the very survival of mankind, the water crisis is the least-discussed aspect of the climate emergency… but t...
Despite the fact that there is a lot of water to be found around the world, the reality is that only around three per cent or so of this is potable water, able to be used for drink...
Although rivers and waterways in Calderdale are being put under increasing amounts of pressure because of agricultural practices and rural land management, all is not yet lost for ...
The National Drought Group (NDG), which is made up of experts from the Environment Agency, the Met Office, water companies and farming and environmental groups, has emphasised the ...
The open water market opened April 2017, which means the water market was deregulated allowing none household customers to compare business water suppliers in order to reduce their...
The world is going through a water crisis, which could have huge implications on the global economy, according to a group of 30 international investors. They wrote an open l...
The government has launched a new slurry infrastructure grant for farmers to help them improve slurry storage management to help reduce the amount of pollution being washed from fi...
One of the biggest challenges presented by climate breakdown is water stress and scarcity, an issue that will affect every country around the world in one way or another in the fut...
Industry regulator Ofwat has issued a call for water companies around the UK to try out more innovative ways of charging their customers to help make bills more affordable and to e...
The government has announced that it will be investing more than £1.6 billion in vital infrastructure around the country, with the aim being to improve water quality in lakes, riv...
Some parts of the UK could soon run out of water, with river levels round the country now at record lows… a situation that experts are now expecting to be exacerbated by a dry sp...
World Water Day 2023 has just come to a close, taking place on March 22nd, with the aim being to draw attention to just how important freshwater is while advocating for sustainable...
Industry regulator Ofwat has called on water companies around the UK to improve their draft water resource management plans (WRMPs) to secure reliable water services in the future ...
Warnings have been issued by multiple governments around Europe of critical water shortages as the winter drought continues to make its presence felt, with heatwaves and a dearth o...
The quickest most effective, in fact the only way this can be achieved is to use the business water rates comparison platform SwitchWaterSupplier.com, which is the only business wa...
As the realities of climate change are increasingly felt around the world, in the form of more frequent and extreme weather events, rising global temperatures and water stress and ...
In 2022, the UK saw its driest summer for almost 30 years and it seems that we may well see similar conditions strike the length and breadth of the country this year as well, with ...
As is now abundantly clear, the changing climate is having an impact on air circulation around the world, which in turn leads to changes in precipitation and evaporation, influenci...
If the world is to prevent the worst impacts of climate change (more frequent and intense drought, heatwaves, heavy rainfall, warming oceans, rising sea levels and melting ice caps...
SwitchWaterSupplier.com is the UK’s only business water switching site that tenders business water supply contracts to the whole water retail market. This is the only ...
Stop settling for the stress of dealing with numerous different water retailers, save time, money and effort by streamlining your estate with SwitchWaterSupplier.com Make li...
A river restoration project in Lincolnshire has now reached completion, with the aim being to absorb more than 117 tonnes of carbon, reduce flood risks downstream and help ease the...
The climate crisis in Europe and beyond deepened in 2022, which ended its 12-month run as the hottest year ever on record for the UK and the fourth warmest year on record globally...
Given that human health and wellbeing is so intrinsically linked with environmental health, it’s perhaps no wonder that sustainability has been one of the biggest topics of discu...
The idea of becoming water positive has turned into something of a buzzword for big corporations around the world over the last few years, with the likes of BP, PepsiCo, Microsoft,...
Utility company Anglian Water has been fined £560,000 after millions of litres of sewage was discharged into the upper River Wid (also known as Doddinghurst Brook), killing fish a...
With most of England and parts of Wales now in drought and with experts predicting that drought conditions could persist into summer next year if insufficient rainfall is seen this...
With more frequent extreme weather events heading our way thanks to climate change, whether that’s flooding or prolonged periods of drought, there has never been a more urgent ti...
For generations upon generations, high mountain areas around the world have supplied people with drinking water, thanks to the steady melting of snow during the warmer months. &nbs...
We’re all starting to feel the effects of climate change increasingly as time goes on and it will touch all aspects of our lives sooner rather than later… even when it comes to...
This summer may well have been something of a wakeup call for businesses and individuals alike, with the intense temperatures recorded in July and August revealing just how vulnera...
With drought conditions expected to become more commonplace as time goes on, finding solutions to the problem of potential water shortages in the future has never been more pressin...
As one of the fastest growing economies in the world, China is home to some 20 per cent of the world’s population – but it only has six per cent of global freshwater resour...
Analysis of data taken from 2021 has revealed that it would take water suppliers in England a somewhat shocking 2,000 years to replace their water and wastewater pipes if they cont...
The biggest threat to global food security over the next 20 years will be increased demand for water, according to a new report published in the One Earth journal… but collaborat...
The UK has enjoyed some much milder weather over the last few weeks than was experienced midway through July and the cooler temperatures have certainly been a very welcome respite ...
Infrastructure advisers have called on the government to implement a national UK-wide hosepipe ban as a top priority, in conjunction with compulsory water metering around the count...
It’s with a sigh of relief that we say goodbye to the soaring temperatures seen just a week or so ago, but just because we don’t have the sun bearing down on us at the moment d...
With climate change and the water crisis now taking its toll on rivers around the UK, it seems that one casualty of the climate emergency is the Atlantic salmon, one of our most ic...
The government has announced new plans to protect waterways in England, with measures included to reduce nutrient pollution, which poses a significant and urgent risk to freshwater...
Utility company Yorkshire Water has agreed to donate £400,000 to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust following two separate water pollution incidents, with the donations used to further ...
The Environment Agency’s annual report on the environmental performance of water and sewerage companies in England has just been released… and it makes for very damning reading...
With the intense summer sun now bearing down upon us this week, it seems that the realities of climate change are really starting to set in. Average summer temperatures in t...
Utility company South West Water has called on its customers all over Devon and Cornwall to do all they can to save five litres of water a day at the moment in a bid to help mainta...
One of the biggest causes of ecological degradation around the world is the over-abstraction of water taken from aquifers, rivers, lakes and chalk streams. And global busine...
As with any industry these days, it is fast becoming essential for British horseracing to review its operations and see if there are any improvements that can be pushed through to ...
While you might not think that it would be a particular concern for such a damp part of the world, water stress and scarcity is already proving to be problematic in Scotland, espec...
Over the last few years, wildfire season around the world has really come to the fore as a topic for significant concern, with many regions around the world – including Austr...
It’s very easy to take our water supplies for granted here in the UK. We simply turn on the taps and out it comes. But as time goes on and the impacts of climate change ar...
Water industry regulator Ofwat has had legal proceedings launched against it by an environmental campaigning group that says it has unlawfully failed to prevent water companies acr...
The problem of global water security is expected to become more acute as the impacts of climate change are felt more keenly around the world in the future, with pressure on freshwa...
The east of England is the driest part of the country, with water resources coming under increasing amounts of pressure from climate change and population growth, so much so in fac...
Back in 1630, dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyden set about creating the Old Bedford and New Bedford rivers (now the New Bedford River and the River Delph), with the idea being to i...
Early warnings for some parts of Scotland have been issued in the country’s first water scarcity report of 2022, with organisations in affected regions urged to consider water ef...
Water scarcity is one of the biggest challenges that the 21st century has to face, with global shortages now starting to emerge as a real threat, driven by population growth, water...
SwitchWaterSupplier.com are delighted to announce they are supporting the MEUC at the Major Energy Users Expo by exhibiting with their key management team. The Expo which op...
As of April 1st this year, businesses of all shapes and sizes will have had to account for a rise in retail water rates, with price caps increasing by 0.49 per cent. These fees are...
Fail to prepare and you prepare to fail, as the old adage goes, and this is particularly true from a business perspective in the 21st century, with the climate crisis deepening all...
A new report from the Centre of Expertise for Waters has just revealed that the lochs and reservoirs in Scotland are already warming rapidly and extensively thanks to climate chang...
One of the least discussed topics associated with the climate emergency is the water crisis but it’s an issue that will affect every continent and most regions at some point in t...
As is often said these days, the climate crisis is a water crisis and the consequences of climate change and global warming will be felt worldwide, predominantly in the form of wat...
A new project is now underway in South Yorkshire that will see full fibre broadband deployed safely via drinking water mains pipes between Barnsley and Penistone. If the trial is s...
As the pressures of climate change, population growth, ageing infrastructure, water mismanagement and pollution all increasingly take hold over the next few years, experts are pred...
Water stress and scarcity is a growing problem around the world, being exacerbated by climate change, more extreme weather events, urbanisation, population growth and water mismana...
The government has announced new long-term environmental targets, designed to protect and enhance the natural world, including water and air quality, as well as wildlife diversity....
World Water Day is just around the corner, an awareness campaign that takes place on March 22nd every year to celebrate water and raise awareness of the two billion people who live...
Companies, brands and innovators keen to tackle the climate emergency head on, with a specific focus on the water crisis, may be interested to learn that applications for the new M...
As global temperatures increase, no continent will escape the realities of climate change and, indeed, the effects are already being felt by millions around the world. For E...
A new river quality project, led by Nature England in partnership with Northumbrian Water, is set to begin, focusing on the River Tweed catchment, the Tweed Estuary and Northumberl...
Water stress and scarcity. It truly is a global issue and one that is already affecting millions of people all over the world, with every continent impacted in some way by the cris...
Utility company Severn Trent has issued a call to volunteers from the local Hinkley community to help it plant five Tiny Forests at five sites in Langdale Park, Ashby Road Cemetery...
Utility company Yorkshire Water has paid Yorkshire Wildlife Trust £300,000 following a breach of its environmental permit that saw sewage discharged without authorisation from its...
Utility company Thames Water has announced that it is funding 20 nature-based schemes to help tackle flooding in London and the Thames Valley through the creation of sustainable ur...
The water retail market was deregulated April 2017 allowing none-household customers such as businesses, charities and public sector organisation to switch water supplier. Giving c...
Despite the fact that Poole Harbour in Dorset is a designated Special Protection Area and Site of Special Scientific Interest, the amount of nitrogen entering the harbour has more ...
When it comes to water efficiency, innovation is certainly key and the good news in this regard is that we have a huge amount of technology at our disposal these days to help us ac...
A new UK Agriculture Partnership (UKAP) forum has been launched, intended to identify and improve collaborative working on the challenges now facing the agriculture sector, with th...
Utility company Yorkshire Water has been fined £233,000 and ordered to pay £18,766 in costs after it admitted to making unpermitted discharges of raw untreated sewage – whi...
SwitchWaterSupplier.com is the only independent, impartial, transparent water retail procurement platform in the UK water retail market. When customers are searching for bus...
Typically, urban wastewater (or what we commonly refer to as sewage) is a mixture of domestic wastewater from baths, toilets, sinks and washing machines, as well as wastewater from...
A new report covering the six months leading up to 30th September 2021 has revealed what a “challenging and extraordinary” year utility company Scottish Water had, faced with r...
More than 400 designated sites have been tested by the Environment Agency and the results are in: 99 per cent of bathing waters in England have now passed water quality standards. ...
Water Resources South East (WRSE), a coalition of the six water companies serving the south-east of England, has published a draft plan to help maintain the water supplies in the r...
Utility company Severn Trent has been working with farmers across the region to protect soil health in areas facing high risk of nitrate water pollution, with growers being paid to...
With the planet firmly in the grip of the climate emergency, 21st century society looks set to face a wide-range of different challenges in the years ahead and changes will need to...
Pay a visit to Rutland Water Nature Reserve in the near future and you might well just be lucky enough to see the fossilised remains of the largest ichthyosaur in Britain, also kno...
The global food and beverage sector is worth an incredible $6 trillion and lies at the very heart of the water crisis, with companies in the industry reliant on vast amounts of wat...
As we all know by now, of course, the climate crisis is very real and the effects of climate change and rising global temperatures are being felt the whole world over. Exper...
Utility company Thames Water has embarked upon a pilot project involving tiny forests, native woodland that is especially fast-growing and dense, capable of attracting more than 50...
Somerset-based farm business Alvis Brothers of Lye Cross Farm in Redhill has been fined £37,184 after pleading guilty to two pollution incidents that took place in 2019, following...
The water industry in the UK could make resources more affordable and companies more self-sufficient if anaerobic digestion and the conversion of sewage to energy is given greater ...
Water makes up around 70 per cent of the earth’s surface, with over 326 million trillion gallons to be found here – but the answer to the question of where did it all come ...
Is water the forgotten utility? Absolutely not for companies such as Switchwatersupplier.com who is in at the forefront of the de-regulated water market Who are extremely busy help...
Utility company Anglian Water has teamed up with environmental consultants from Five Rivers, Binnies and Jackson to deliver 16 separate river restoration schemes, all designed to i...
Water supplier United Utilities has announced that it will be making use of innovative technology known as the Critical Infrastructure Pipeline Protection System to track deteriora...
Water supplier Thames Water has been fined £4 million for discharging nearly half a million litres of raw sewage over the course of around 30 hours into the Seacourt and Hinksey s...
Thames Water has been forging ahead with its environmental plans, with the development of new wetlands just outside Aylesbury sewage works, as well as the restoration of two hectar...
A new taskforce has been set up by water supplier Southern Water to reduce storm overflows by 80 per cent come 2030, part of the company’s wider programme of investment to bring ...
Water supplier Yorkshire Water has been given the go-ahead by Bradford City Council to turn 180 acres of unused land into a sustainable housing and industrial development, providin...
A Somerset-based farmer has been handed down a £11,000 fine after pleading guilty to polluting a tributary of Sedgemoor Old Rhyne on three separate occasions for the second time i...
Scottish Water has revealed that a £2 million investment project in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, designed to tackle sewer flooding has now reached completion, substantially reducing...
The county of Cambridgeshire has been issued a warning to prepare now for the impacts of climate change, with a new report revealing that the region will soon start seeing summer t...
Utility company Scottish Water has just completed an ambitious solar energy scheme that will help power two of Aberdeen’s main service reservoirs and support the firm’s 2040 ne...
Utility company Thames Water has launched its Smarter Water Catchments Initiative for the River Evenlode, with the aim being to improve the water quality of waterways across Oxford...
England’s £3 billion water market was deregulated in April 2017, meaning that non-domestic customers were able to switch water supplier for the first time ever, allowing them to...
Complaints in writing to water companies around the UK climbed by 11 per cent between 2020 and 2021, compared to the previous year, reaching their highest level in five years. &nbs...
Some 11 distilleries in Speyside in northeast Scotland have been recognised for their efforts in water conservation, after they formed a Spey Catchment Group to drive forward proje...
Anglian Water’s climate initiative Future Fens: Integrated Adaptation is due to be showcased at a global hybrid event at COP26 in Glasgow this November, available to a global onl...
As part of Ofwat’s £36 million Water Innovation Challenge, utility company Bristol Water has been awarded £620,000 to explore lower carbon alternatives to local drought plannin...
It’s essential that only flushable items are sent down into the sewer network if the environment is to be protected, but it seems that there are still many out there who are unaw...
England’s £3 billion water market was deregulated in April 2017, meaning that non-domestic customers were able to switch water supplier for the first time ever, allowing them to...
The Consumer Council for Water (CCW) has called for improvements to be made in the retail water market to make life easier for customers around the country who are already facing s...
Utility company Southern Water has published a new drought plan, setting out how it intends to maintain water supplies and promote water-saving solutions during dry conditions, whi...
When you work with SwitchWaterSupplier.com, one of the first things we’ll do for your organisation is to carry out a desktop water audit, which will compare your water use, incl...
Northumbrian Water has announced that the fifth Innovation Festival is set to go ahead this year, taking place between October 18th and 21st, an event that is aimed at resolving en...
A growing number of businesses are waking up to the need to take action in relation to the climate crisis and are looking for ways to make their current operations more sustainable...
The global water crisis is deepening around us all the time and the problem will only get worse as the years progress unless action is taken – and fast. We all have ou...
The amount of raw sewage that is discharged into waterways and around the coast of England has been in the spotlight recently, and with good reason. The Guardian has reporte...
The government has announced that new measures will be introduced to reduce sewage discharges from storm overflows, which is important to cut the amount of pollution entering our w...
The first report from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Independent Commission on Climate Change has highlighted the scale of the issues facing the region. Cambridge News ...
Many people are examining their diets to work out ways to make them more environmentally friendly, which has led some to turn to plant-based diets, or at least reducing their meat ...
If you’re worried that you’re paying too much on your water bills and aren’t sure what to do, your very first step towards getting a grip on the situation is to have a water ...
As a business, it’s important to keep a close eye on all your outgoings so you know that you’re not wasting money anywhere or spending unnecessarily – and this is as much...
On the 25th March the National Audit Office published the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs’ report on “Water supply and demand management”, which reflects on ...
With the lockdown in place the water market may be going in to a period of hibernation with the wholesalers and retailers focusing their limited resource on essential activities on...
Over a year in development and we are now trading, new clients are taking a significant interest, and customer water and waste water data is being uploaded to the water trading pla...