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FROM Compliance
Thames Water shells out £41k for fish kill
18 June 2013 15:51 BST
Thousands of fish were killed when the river Ash was polluted with blue-green algae. The incident should have been foreseen, according to the magistrates
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FROM Business
Suppliers for £1bn flood defence contract named
14 June 2013 17:44 BSTAbout a dozen firms on an Environment Agency shortlist will be eligible for lucrative new flood and coastal protection contracts
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FROM Specialist
‘Speculative’ water framework costs ‘must be clarified’
13 June 2013 11:15 BSTA committee of MPs wants better evidence on the cost of controlling oestrogens in sewage and is critical of water industry innovation efforts
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FROM Compliance
Northern Ireland consults again on regulatory shake-up
30 May 2013 17:32 BSTDOENI has launched a final consultation before Northern Ireland's own Better Regulation Bill is introduced
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FROM Specialist
Water firms to be responsible for supply pipes
23 May 2013 15:59 BSTDEFRA favours handing water firms ownership of supply pipes in a bid to tackle high leakage rates from poor maintenance
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FROM Politics
DECC/DEFRA ask if EU is the best place for environment and climate policy
20 May 2013 16:37 BST
The UK is trying to work out whether it should ask for environmental powers back from the EU, or even relinquish more to the bloc
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FROM Business
Finn steps down as Ofwat chief executive
16 May 2013 15:20 BSTRegina Finn will leave Ofwat before the end of the year after a six-year tenure. Her departure comes part way through a major overhaul of water sector regulation
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FROM Politics
Environment at risk if UK leaves EU for the European Economic Area
13 May 2013 16:18 BST
Habitats, birds and bathing water policies could all be weakened if the UK votes to leave the EU in 2017, a paper for Friends of the Earth says
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FROM Politics
Queen’s Speech confirms controversial growth duty for green regulators
8 May 2013 17:25 BST
A bill will soon be introduced to parliament requiring non-economic regulators to consider growth in decisions. The speech had few other surprises
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FROM Politics
Prominent greens join anti-EU Business for Britain
30 April 2013 12:08 BSTThey want the UK to renegotiate its relationship with Europe mainly on economic grounds
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FROM Business
Welsh government asks Ofwat to tackle pollution at source
26 April 2013 10:42 BSTSustainable development and a requirement to address pollution at source feature in draft Welsh government guidance to Ofwat
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FROM Specialist
Agreement struck on new EU water quality rules
18 April 2013 12:45 BST
Limits on 12 new chemicals plus stricter rules for seven existing priority substances were agreed but limits for three pharmaceuticals were struck off
Water Document Watch
Quick links to key documents and reports
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17 June 2013
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee report on water quality priority substances -
14 June 2013
SEPA summary of consultation responses to devloping the second river basin management plans -
13 June 2013
Environment Agency annual review of water resources management plans guidance -
7 June 2013
DEFRA consultation outcome on tackling water pollution from the urban environment
