Responding to Defra’s Strategic Policy Statement for OFWAT
Today Defra is setting out its new draft Strategic Policy Statement (SPS) for Ofwat, which will come into effect if it lays in Parliament for 40 days without objection. As the environment is prioritised for the first time in this draft, our CEO Dr Laurence Couldrick...
“The decimation of our rivers cannot go on…”
Our charity is supporting demands for the Government to take urgent action following today’s (13 January) release of a damning water quality report. The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee’s Water Quality in Rivers review identifies a raft of failings...
Looking back and looking forwards for the TWSBB
As we start 2022, Westcountry Rivers Trust CEO Dr Laurence Couldrick considers how collaborative partnerships such as the Tamar Water Stewardship Business Board are an instrumental part of positive environmental action. “The Tamar Water Stewardship Business...