05 April 2012
Temporary use bans (commonly known as ‘hosepipe bans’) come into effect from today (5 April) across the South and South East.
08 July 2011
On 6 July 2011 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Welsh Government published their review of Ofwat and arrangements for consumer representation. The headline conclusions of the review are ...
22 June 2011
If draft regulations come into force as planned on 1 July, an estimated 200,000 kilometres of private sewers and private lateral drains will, from 1 October this year, transfer “overnight” from private ownership to that of statutory sewerage and water companies.
17 June 2011
With a drought declared in parts of East Anglia, and other regions experiencing substantially reduced rainfall in recent months, Burges Salmon is urging businesses to familiarise themselves with the latest government information regarding drought permits and drought orders.
28 May 2010
Burges Salmon to advise on the impact of the new Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) on the UK water industry.
15 February 2010
From the beginning of 2010 local authorities will have new powers to ensure that private water supplies provide wholesome water. The main headline for landowners is that failure to comply with notices served by local authorities to undertake work to improve the quality of supply is now a criminal offence.
24 November 2009
The Government included a Floods and Water Management Bill in the Queen's Speech of 18 November 2009. Click on the link to read more about it.
24 November 2009
The 2009 EU Directive on ship-source pollution has come into force and EU Member States have until 16 November 2010 to fully transpose the Directive into national law.
24 November 2009
Changes to the Water Act 2003 were due to be implemented from 1 October 2009, but Defra has indicated that they will now be postponed to an undisclosed date.
24 November 2009
The government and Environment Agency want to move to a position where all water abstraction licences are time limited.
24 November 2009
These key elements of Environment Agency Management and control of local water resources were submitted on 22 September 2009 to the Secretary of State for approval.
24 November 2009
New regulations are published in draft which will give effect to the revised Groundwater Directive of 2006.