Day: 15 September 2005

Performance specifications launched for water treatment systems

The Domestic Water Treatment Association is launching its minimum product performance specifications next month.

New obligations on water companies to prepare for competition

Ofwat has placed two new obligations on water companies in order for competition to develop further in the water industry in England and Wales.

New energy regulations for buildings slammed as too little too late

Ministers have announced long-awaited measures to make homes more energy efficient, claiming this will save up to one million tonnes of carbon every year.

Developing world could profit by investing in the environment

Conservation efforts are not only good for the environment but could be vastly more profitable than more traditional industries in the developing world.

Up to 900 jobs created in colliery regeneration

A £10 million investment in the regeneration of Sideway Colliery in Stoke-on-Trent has the potential to create 900 jobs by 2010.

Two-thirds of contaminated land now being remediated

Roughly two-thirds of all land identified as being affected by industrial contamination in England and Wales is now undergoing some form of remediation, the Environment Agency said this week.

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