Despite The Rain, Potential UK Water Shortages Still Loom
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 ...
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Black Samphire: UK River Pollution Gets The Hollywood Treatment
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 premier Business Water Switching site, sponsors “Late Tee Time Podcast”
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 Pollution: Is It Getting Worse?
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 ...
Water Recycling & Why It’s Becoming Increasingly Important
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 ...
How Can Water Bosses Get Millions In Bonuses Amid Water Crisis?
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. &...
Experts Weigh In On Fixing England’s Water System
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...
The word is out, Southern Water’s wholesale charges are on the up Big Time.
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...
Festive Trade At Risk Due To Panama Canal Drought
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...
Talking Water With Graham Mann Director Switchwatersupplier.com
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...
FAQs’ about Switching Water Supplier in the water retail market
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...
How Drought Can Affect Global Trade
Thanks to the advent of the internet, going global with your business has never been easier, particularly if you’re in an arena like the fast-moving consumer goods sector. ...
Drought Conditions: The Risks Posed By Higher River Temperatures
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...
Why Is Heavy Rain So Dangerous After A Drought?
It can be easy to reduce water to a simple matter of demand and supply, particularly when exploring the utility aspects of water infrastructure, including freshwater supply and was...
Has American Groundwater Reached The Point Of No Return?
With global record temperatures being hit on an almost daily basis during the summer of 2023, one of the consequences of rising global temperatures is its effect on water security,...
Water Bill Hike To Fund Infrastructure Investments?
It’s possible that annual water bills could increase by £156 a year by 2030 if water suppliers in England and Wales are successful in their petition to industry watchdog Ofwat, ...
Why Doing Nothing About Droughts Has A Far Bigger Cost
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...
Anglian Water’s New Pipes Will Come At A Cost To Customers
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...
How The Water Crisis Will Affect Cargo Transit
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...
Why Are Billions Lacking Safe Drinking Water?
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. ...
The Impact Of Tourism On Water Stress & Scarcity
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...
Hot Topic: Uruguay’s Water Crisis Switch Water Supplier
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...
Compare the business water market and switch water supplier
Businesses and non domestic customers, if you compare the business water market and switch water supplier you can reduce your water bills by as much as 25 percent. So what a...
EU Permits Treated Wastewater Use For Irrigation
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...
7 FAQs About Water Leaks Switch Water Supplier Blog
The last few months have been relatively erratic where UK weather is concerned, with the driest February for 30 years quickly followed by the wettest March for 40 years. The...
Water Scarcity & Infrastructure Development
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...
Water Shortages Emerge ‘As Fastest-Growing Concern’ Among Consumers
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...
The Effects Of Refugee Migration On Water Stress
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...
NDG: Now’s The Time To Preserve Water Supplies
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 ...
Saudi Arabia Unveils Plans For Longest ‘River’ In The World
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...
Ofwat Calls For Innovation With Water Bills & Charging
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...
Triple Burden Of WASH-Related Threats Revealed
The UN 2023 Water Conference has just come to a close in New York, taking place this year between March 22nd and 24th, and to mark the occasion a new report from Unicef has examine...
UK Businesses and Public Sector to be hit by huge rises in water bills from 1st April 2023 up to 20 percent !
The news we in the water market have been waiting for, increases in water bills, and lets not forget the wastewater bills. There were expectations in the market of above inf...
Multiple Governments Issue Warnings Over Europe’s Water Crisis
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...
Drought Warning Issued For East Of England
Utility company Anglian Water has issued a warning for the east of England, saying that the region will likely be hit by drought come the summer months after a particularly dry win...
How Can Businesses Prepare For Drought?
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 ...
How Climate Change Impacts Water Availability ‘Systematically Underestimated’
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...
“SwitchWaterSupplier.com saved my business”
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 ...
New Analysis Shows Steady Depletion Of Europe’s Groundwater
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...
Water Crisis: The Role Of Mountain Water Towers
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...
A Quick Guide To Rainwater Harvesting
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...
Recycled Wastewater Strategy To Tackle Future Shortages?
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...
Spotlight On: The Water Crisis In China
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...
More Hot Weather On The Way!
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 ...
Innovative Technology In The Water Sector
Back in 2020, water and wastewater companies around the UK published the 2050 Water Innovation Strategy, the first time that a vision for the sector had been outlined collectively,...
Call Issued For A National Hosepipe Ban
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...
UK Urged To Use Water Wisely During Dry Weather
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...
Crisis Point For Wild Atlantic Salmon
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...
Water Pollution Reduction Plans Revealed
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...
Yorkshire Water Under Fire For Pollution Incidents
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 ...
Water Supplier Environmental Performance Hits All-Time Low
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...
How Will UK Infrastructure Stand Up To Climate Change?
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...
South West Water: Save 5 Litres A Day!
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...
The Role of Business In Managing Global Water Shortages
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...
How Sustainable Is The British Horseracing Industry?
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 ...
Water Scarcity ‘A Growing Threat’ In East Scotland
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...
How Do Wildfires Impact Water Resources?
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...
How Flooding Contaminates The Water Supply
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...
Legal Case Against Ofwat Launched Over Raw Sewage Discharge
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 Top 100 Global Water Questions
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...
Spotlight On: The Ouse Washes and Flood Risk Management
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...
Water Scarcity Warning For Scotland
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...
The UKs Premier Business Water Switching site supports the MEUC at MEUC Expo
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...
Rising Water Bills: What Can Businesses Do?
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...
Water Resilience: Top Tips For Businesses
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...
Scottish Lochs & Rivers Warming Rapidly
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...
Hot Topic: Desalination & The Water Crisis
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...
Water Crisis: What Would We Do Without Our Rivers?
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...
Broadband To Be Delivered Through The Water Network!
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...
How Denmark Is Paving The Way For Net Zero Water Goals
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...
Govt Unveils Long-Term Environmental Targets
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....
What Are Abstraction Licences & Why Do We Need Them?
The government has announced that changes are due to be implemented to the Environment Agency’s abstraction charges, with a new framework launched for businesses (including farme...
Applications For The Water Market Improvement Fund Now Open
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...
What Major Climate Impacts Can Europe Expect To See?
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...
New Northumberland River Water Quality Project!
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...
Hot Topic: What Is Water Neutrality?
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...
Severn Trent In Tiny Forest Tree-Planting Drive!
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...
Yorkshire Water Pays £300k To Wildlife Trust For Pollution Incident
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...
20 Nature-Based Schemes To Tackle London Flooding
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...
What is SwitchWaterSupplier.com and how does it bring value to the UK water retail market
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...
Dorset Farmers in Nitrogen Efficiency Drive!
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 ...
Can Smart Sensors Boost Water Efficiency For Growers?
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...
UK Agriculture Partnership Launched To Tackle Industry Challenges
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...
Yorkshire Water Fined For Raw Sewage Discharge
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...
Did you know, SwitchWaterSupplier.com is the only business water switching site of its kind in the UK
SwitchWaterSupplier.com is the only independent, impartial, transparent water retail procurement platform in the UK water retail market. When customers are searching for bus...
The Latest Innovations In Wastewater Treatment
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...
Scottish Water 2021 Report Reveals A “Challenging & Extraordinary” Year
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...
99percent Of Bathing Sites In England Meet Water Quality Standards
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. ...
WRSE Publishes Plan To Avoid Water Shortages In England
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...
Farmers Paid To Drill Cover Crops & Protect Water Resources
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...
Sport & The Climate Crisis: What Does The Future Hold?
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...
Britain’s Largest Ichthyosaur Fossils Discovered In Nature Reserve!
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...
How Can Food Businesses Improve Their Water Stewardship?
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...
Hot Topic: Are Hydropanels The Solution To The Global Water Crisis?
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...
Thames Water Embarks On Tiny Forest Pilot Project
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 Farm Fined For Polluting Watercourse
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...
Hot Topic: Biogas & The UK Water Industry SWS Blog
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 ...
River Habitat Restoration Project Completed In Norfolk
A partnership between the Environment Agency, Norwich City Council and the Norfolk Rivers Trust has just seen a river habitat restoration project along the River Yare near Earlham ...
Where Did Earth’s Water Come From?
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? Not at Switchwatersupplier.com
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...
Anglian Water Working To Deliver River Restoration Schemes
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...
Trackers Now Used To Monitor Health Of Pipe Networks
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...
£4 Million Fine For Thames Water Raw Sewage Discharge
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...
New Wetlands Developed Next To Aylesbury Sewage Works
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...
Southern Water Launches Taskforce To Reduce Storm Overflows
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 ...
Yorkshire Water Given Green Light For Sustainable Housing Project
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...
Farmer Fined £11,000 For Polluting A Watercourse
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...
£2m Prestwick Sewer Flooding Project Now Complete!
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...
Cambridgeshire Warned To Prepare For Climate Change Impacts
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...
Scottish Water Completes Ambitious Solar Energy Scheme
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...
New Wetlands Created To Improve Oxfordshire’s Waterways
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...
SwitchWaterSupplier.Com – The UK’s First Independent- Impartial Business Water Switching Site That Will Compare Water Suppliers
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...
Written Complaints To Water Firms Reach The Highest Level In 5 Yrs
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...
Scottish Distilleries Recognised For Water Conservation
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...
Future Fens: Integrated Adaptation Scheme In Situ At COP26
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...
Bristol Water Now Exploring Low Carbon Alternative To Drought Planning
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...
Adaptation To Climate Change ‘As Vital’ As Mitigation
The Environment Agency has issued a warning ahead of the COP26 conference in Glasgow in November, saying that climate change can only be tackled successfully if greater focus is pl...
SwitchWaterSupplier.Com – The First Independent & Impartial Water Tendering Platform
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...
Act NOW To Avoid A Climate Crisis, The World Is Warned
A very stark warning has been issued to the world regarding the climate crisis, with the chairman of technology consultancy Isle saying that there is no more time left to act and i...
Norfolk Estate Demonstrates What Water Management Can Do
An estate in Norfolk has managed to return 45 million litres of water to the environment through a series of measures it has introduced to improve its water management. Farm...
Water Companies Called On To Protect UK’s Water Supplies
Environment minister Rebecca Pow has called on the chief executives of 15 water suppliers from around the UK to further prioritise the environment and water stewardship, especially...
The State of the Open Water Market in England
In one of Graham Mann's independant LinkedIn Live podcasts, in which he regularly discusses the non-household water retail market, water efficiency and all things water, he was joi...