News & Articles
27-Nov-2009
Government guidance about the exemption of certain water discharges is open for consultation. The guidance outlines requirements for the registration of small sewage discharges to groundwater from small sewage treatment works, such as rural domestic properties. The guidance forms part of the Environmental Permitting Programme (EPP2) which aims to provide a simpler and cheaper approach to environmental regulation by providing a single permitting system which will cover, discharges to controlled waters, groundwater authorisations, water abstraction and some waste regulation.
The consultation is open until the 18 February 2010 details of which can be found on the Defra website: www.defra.gov.uk/environment/policy/permits/index.htm
20-Nov-2009
The Hydrorheic Network has produced a handbook on groundwater-surface water interactions and the hyporheic zone. The handbook aims to provide managers and researchers with the latest information about our understanding of the hyporheic zone, to transfer knowledge and to encourage the use of science in management decisions.
To find out more about the Hyporheic Network and the handbook please visit www.hyporheic.net
20-Nov-2009
WFDVisual has been developed by SNIFFER in partnership with the Environment Agency (England and Wales), the Geological Survey of Ireland, the Environmental Protection Agency (Republic of Ireland) and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. It is a collection of images that have been developed to help communicate the complex processes underpinning the water environment and its management under the Water Framework Directive (WFD).
In November 2009, SNIFFER added a brand new suite of images for karst, floodplain, fluvial and coastal settings to WFDVisual. There are over 70 new images grouped together into storyboards to convey some commonly encountered hydrogeological scenarios. The jpeg images, which are accompanied by descriptive text, can be downloaded as a storyboard or individually at www.wfdvisual.com/storyboard/index.html.
18-Nov-2009
The Energy Bill outlined in the Queen’s speech offers financial incentives for further development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in England, Scotland and Wales. CCS aims to reduce atmospheric CO2 by storing it in deep geological formations such as old oil and gas fields and deep saline aquifers; technology which many hope will help the UK reach it’s target to cut emissions by 34% on 1990 levels by 2020. The Bill will introduce new legislation to assist in the development of ‘demonstration’ sites aimed to show that CCS is a viable technology.
To read the full article please visit the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8366060.stm
14-Oct-2009
Water researchers at Leeds University are canvassing people’s views on policy-related water research in the UK. From water supply and flooding through to ecology and waste processing Water@Leeds would like to know which water policy topics people are interested in. Using feedback from the survey and assistance from government, industry and non-government organisations Water@Leeds will compile a list of the top 100 research questions and disseminate them to the water community.
To take part in their survey please visit the Water@Leeds survey website here
www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=9xsc8OTqWPrMaGZFYPHH9w_3d_3d
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