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  • 1 month ago | thewaterreport.co.uk | Roger Milne

    Seventeen river catchments in Scotland are now at Alert level for water scarcity, according to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). These are: Conon, Spey, Deveron, Ythan, Don (Aberdeenshire), Dee (Aberdeenshire), Esk, Firth of Tay, Firth of Forth, Almond, Tyne (Lothian), Tweed, Esk (Dumfriesshire), Annan, Thurso, Shin and Naver. SEPA highlighted that the water scarcity level across the east of Scotland was particularly serious, with pressure on rivers building fast.

  • 1 month ago | thewaterreport.co.uk | Roger Milne |Karma Loveday

    SDLP Member of the Legislative Assembly in Northern Ireland, Patsy McGlone, last week called on the executive to commence an independent review of Northern Ireland Water’s funding and governance by September 2026. He cited in particular the state of the wastewater network and the block it is causing to economic development.

  • 1 month ago | acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Brigid Lynch |Julie Bassett |Roger Milne |Alpa Patel

    Corresponding Author Brigid M. Lynch PhD Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Physical Activity Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Correspondence Brigid M. Lynch, Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Level 8, 200 Victoria Parade East, Melbourne 3002, Victoria, Australia.

  • 1 month ago | thewaterreport.co.uk | Roger Milne

    MPs on a UK parliamentary committee have recommended that the Northern Ireland Executive should reconsider introducing domestic water charges. Such a move could go some way to offset publicly-owned NI Water’s chronic underfunding of creaking wastewater infrastructure. However, such a measure is currently beyond the pale politically.

  • 2 months ago | thewaterreport.co.uk | Roger Milne

    The Northern Ireland Government has announced it is calling in forensic accountants to investigate why NI Water has gone into the red. The decision by infrastructure minister Liz Kimmins comes after the publicly owned company  informed her department of an estimated overspend of about £3m. At one point, the excess was nearer £5m. The accountants are expected to report within about six weeks. Kimmins’ department has responsibility for water policy and the company.

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