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Water

Environmental tests to dye for

02 September 2010

Residents and holiday­makers were told not to be concerned if they spotted large plumes of red water in the sea... ...more »

Tags: water, Yorkshire Water

Lard work:

27 July 2010

Those of a nervous disposition should look away now. Enough lard to fill nine double decker buses was removed last... ...more »

Tags: water

Taste tour:

20 July 2010

Wessex Water has just completed its tour of towns around its region urging people to "take the taste challenge". This... ...more »

Tags: charity, water, Wessex Water

Paddle power:

28 June 2010

Clean water campaigners Surfers Against Sewage and four of the UK's best stand up paddle­boarders are aiming to cross the... ...more »

Tags: protest, water

It's music to microbes' ears

28 June 2010

Would it make sense for those keen on anaerobic digestion to bring in some musical expertise to the task in... ...more »

Tags: renewables, water

Football focus:

21 June 2010

With the eyes of the nation drawn to events in South Africa, Disconnector notes that the charity set up there... ...more »

Tags: charity, United Utilities, water

Are water companies being taken for a ride?

17 June 2010

A disused reservoir on the outskirts of Darlington has become a favourite illegal venue for BMX riders throughout the country... ...more »

Tags: Northumbrian Water, water

Glittering prizes

10 June 2010

Here's a reason to break out the champers. An engineer who supervised a sewer relining project that involved preserving a... ...more »

Tags: water, Wessex Water

Rutland Water is for the birds!

09 June 2010

Here's some exciting news from Rutland Water. After a five-and-a-half week incubation period, three osprey eggs have hatched at the... ...more »

Tags: Anglian Water, water

Game on:

31 May 2010

Organisers of a two-day rugby festival involving more than 800 children have praised a water company for stepping in and... ...more »

Tags: charity, water

Close encounters of the Cornish kind:

28 May 2010

People walking through Soho Square in the heart of the capital last week could have been excused thinking they had... ...more »

Tags: renewables

Wood you believe it?

27 May 2010

The great man notes that Scottish Water has come in for some flak after residents in Galashiels went, well, ballistic... ...more »

Tags: Scottish Water, water

Dead reckoning on water bills

14 May 2010

It has been something of a blunder-prone week. United Utilities grabbed the headlines for all the wrong reasons after it... ...more »

Tags: United Utilities, water

Easier shown than told

06 May 2010

A star is born. Well, sort of. Rob King, a customer service technician employed by Veolia Water, is featured in... ...more »

Tags: Veolia, water

Paddling their own canoes (well, kayaks actually):

04 May 2010

James Bonell and Joe Andrews (plus Joe's dad David for the first leg) have begun a bid to circumnavigate Britain... ...more »

Tags: charity, water, Wessex Water

Anglian Water in a hole over metal theft

30 April 2010

Worlaby, a North Lincolnshire hamlet that has been blighted by a fresh bout of manhole cover thefts. Drains and sewers... ...more »

Tags: Anglian Water, water

New technology to the rescue!

29 April 2010

Disconnector was intrigued to learn that avalanche rescue technology is currently helping Sutton and East Surrey Water find the answer... ...more »

Tags: water

Loved-up:

26 April 2010

Endangered water voles rescued from improvement works at Thames Water's Crossness sewage works have been "at it like rabbits" while... ...more »

Tags: Thames Water, water

In the frame:

26 April 2010

Yorkshire Water has launched a television advertising campaign to let its customers know what good value their water bills represent.... ...more »

Tags: water, Yorkshire Water

Mike Leigh displays tunnel vision

23 April 2010

Director Mike Leigh's latest production, Another Year, is destined for a screening at the next Cannes film festival and stars... ...more »

Tags: water

Flushed with success:

19 April 2010

Eat your heart out Wolff Olins! This is what the in-house team at Thames Water came up with to mark... ...more »

Tags: Thames Water, water

Good eyesight saves owl's life!

15 April 2010

This column is not all doom and gloom, particularly where flora and fauna are concerned. Take the following. A tawny... ...more »

Tags: United Utilities, water

In the dock:

07 April 2010

Yorkshire MP Ed Balls (right) is also the Secretary of State for Families, Children and Schools. He probably found appearing... ...more »

Tags: politics, water, Yorkshire Water

Dogged by problems over trees

02 April 2010

Utilities are called on to be many things, but guardians of public morals might be thought to be going a... ...more »

Tags: United Utilities, water

What a queue:

25 March 2010

Monday (22 March) was World Water Day, and to mark the event campaigners in 70 countries joined in a... ...more »

Tags: water

Let the train take the strain

25 March 2010

Information about the spending habits of the chairman, non-execs and senior managers from the water watchdog for England and Wales... ...more »

Tags: Ofwat, water

Banging the drum for Mellor

24 March 2010

So Chris Mellor is looking for a high-profile job again after getting the boot twice in seven years. Back in 2003 he... ...more »

Tags: Northern Ireland Water, water

Regulate, and hang the expense

24 March 2010

Water regulator expenses are making waves on both sides of the border, Disconnector can report. Sir Ian Byatt, chairman of... ...more »

Tags: Ofwat, Scotland, Wics

Giving away other people's money - it's all for charity!

22 March 2010

Richard Ackroyd, chief executive of Scottish Water and the country's highest-earning public servant, has announced that he will give a... ...more »

Tags: Scotland, Scottish Water

Flushed with success:

19 March 2010

Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills (pictured centre) waded through a mile-long river of Londoners' waste when he took to Thames... ...more »

Tags: charity, Thames Water, water

Kettling...

16 March 2010

As endorsements go, this is one of the more unusual. Scottish children's entertainers The Singing Kettle have taken time out... ...more »

Tags: Scotland, Scottish Water, water

It'll all come out in the wash

15 March 2010

The Upper Chamber is not known for the belly laughs it generates, but peers do permit themselves a wry smile... ...more »

Tags: politics, water

Chain reaction:

08 March 2010

Pictured is Durham's chief constable Jon Stoddart and top cycle riders from the Pinerello team who were getting into shape... ...more »

Tags: charity, Northumbrian Water, water

Save our sewers:

02 March 2010

Singer Suggs, the Madness frontman-turned-TV presenter, is supporting Southern Water's fight the fat campaign. He was in Brighton filming an... ...more »

Tags: Southern Water, water

Something worth singing about

26 February 2010

Now, there are siren voices you should shun but this isn't one of them. Sound of Music star Connie Fisher... ...more »

Tags: charity, water

Say it with showers:

23 February 2010

Southern Water's mascot Mr Save-It last week urged customers to prove their love for the environment by swapping their baths... ...more »

Tags: Southern Water, water

Luv your lav:

17 February 2010

Yorkshire Water is celebrating the fact that the average bod spends as much as three years of their life on... ...more »

Tags: water, Yorkshire Water

Runaround:

15 February 2010

It's being billed as Britain's most beautiful marathon. Pictured is Steve Cram, one of our most successful middle distance athletes.... ...more »

Tags: charity, Northumbrian Water, water

Now that's taking the piss...

12 February 2010

The great man was intrigued to learn of a musical that has been doing the rounds across the pond. The... ...more »

Tags: water

How transparent is water?

11 February 2010

Disconnector notes that back in July, Ofwat told The Sunday Times it would publish a breakdown of the expenses claimed... ...more »

Tags: Ofwat, water

Carpeted over expenses claim

10 February 2010

Hair's a turn up for the books ... almost literally so. Richard Ackroyd, chief executive of Scottish Water and the highest... ...more »

Tags: Scottish Water

Oi, you can't park that ghost here, mate

02 February 2010

You heard the one about the utility and the ghost train? Let the great man explain. This story concerns United... ...more »

Tags: United Utilities, water

Bug alert:

28 January 2010

One of the last UK colonies of rare tansy beetles (above) has been saved after Yorkshire Water engineers working on... ...more »

Tags: water, wildlife, Yorkshire Water

Well, blow me:

22 January 2010

This intelligence may have come too late for some, but Disconnector feels duty bound to share the news that Veolia... ...more »

Tags: Veolia, water

Hey, get that beaver outta here

22 January 2010

Martin Salter, the Labour backbencher who is the party's spokesman on angling, has got a tad het up by plans... ...more »

Tags: politics, water

Always stick to the plan...

22 January 2010

Red faces are in order at Northern Ireland Water after a pumping station it built in Portadown was declared to... ...more »

Tags: Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Water, water

Happy Nude Year:

15 January 2010

inevitably the cheeky chappies have gone where the girls did. A dozen Northumbrian Water workers have bared all for a... ...more »

Tags: charity, water

Bog standard improvement

15 January 2010

Disconnector was much taken by a headline on a recent press release nestling in a colleague's in-tray. It said: "Eden... ...more »

Tags: water

Spokeswoman:

18 December 2009

Gabby Parker (pictured), a learning and development manager with Yorkshire Water, last month took part in a 350km charity cycle... ...more »

Tags: charity, water, Yorkshire Water

Fun boy three:

18 December 2009

Tony Cooke, managing director of Bournemouth & West Hampshire Water (BWHW) did the honours to help publicise last weekend's Highcliffe... ...more »

Tags: water