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World water day: 5 top facts
To mark world water day, here are 5 water-related facts, courtesy of Waterwise. 1. In the UK we flush 2 billion litres of water down the toilet every day. 2. In Abu Dhabi, average per capita household...
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The challenge: keeping the taps running and water bills affordable
This post is written by Alex Townsend, economic advisor, Adaptation, Committee on Climate Change. It first appeared on the CCC blog. Green Alliance launched a report on Wednesday 12 February to promote...
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Making the green deal water efficient
“Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink” so states Coleridge in his lyrical poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. This is the curse of those attempting to get attention for water efficiency. We...
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Through the keyhole 4: water
“You don’t hear them pushing about it… using water doesn’t sound as harmful as using the electricity and that.” The fourth in our series of ethnographic films looks at water use. This is the area that...
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Don’t be fooled by the rain – the UK needs water metering
This is a guest post by Nicci Russell, Policy Director at Waterwise After the wettest ever June, the average total rainfall for July had already fallen by the middle of last month. And the drought...
View ArticleWhat should river health campaigners focus on next?
This post is by Daniel Johns, head of public affairs at Anglian Water. I want to congratulate Philip Dunne MP and the Duke of Wellington, and all their supporters in parliament and far beyond, for...
View ArticleHow the UK government can stop the flood-drought seesaw
This post is by Ali Morse, water policy manager for The Wildlife Trusts With England experiencing the driest eight month period for over 45 years, and a July heatwave with record breaking temperatures,...
View ArticleWhy do we have a sewage crisis and how can we fix it?
This post is by Martin Hurst, associate at Sustainability First. The first toilets in the UK were on Orkney, dating to 3000BC. Though the Romans and Henry VIII had a go, the subsequent history of our...
View ArticleThe solution to the UK’s growing flood risk is lots more wetlands
This post is by Emma Pollitt, policy and advocacy officer at the WWT, the charity for wetlands and wildlife. Thousands of homes flooded and crops rotting in the fields have been the recent devastating...
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