Catchment Management

Water metering has been compulsory in all new homes since 1990, however nationally around 40% of dwellings remain on unmetered connections. Water companies have a target to reduce this to under 20% by 2045. Domestic...

It’s a common, recurring occurrence. A spell of heavy rainfall can easily overwhelm water catchment systems and cause flooding in urban areas. What you don’t want to happen is for this water to get...

Helena Soteriou, Catchment Initiatives Lead at Thames Water Over the last 30 years, we have seen a transformation in the standards which govern our water industry, with companies radically improving all key aspects of the service...

This spring and summer has seen extremes of weather persisting across much of the UK, with torrential rain followed by prolonged dry periods and unusually high temperatures. So it is a poignant time to...

In this issue, we speak to Mott MacDonald’s Water Resources team, who work across the water sector in the UK and internationally, taking a holistic and collaborative approach to water quantity and quality challenges. Traditionally...

The Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW) is an essential part of water policy development and implementation in Scotland, and with international reach. CREW works closely with policy makers, bringing together leading scientists to...

To find out how extreme rainfall events affect a city, looking at how water moves through the wider catchment is a good place to start. To understand how it interacts with the landscape and...

South West Water’s Upstream Thinking programme is an investment in catchment resilience Catchment Management and Natural Capital approaches have been highlighted by OFWAT as absolute requirements within the PR19 investment plans for water and sewage...