On Monday 25 November, we were fortunate to benefit from the knowledge and experience of Dr. Marc Pidou of the Cranfield Water Science Institute, a specialist in water recycling technologies. Over seventy-five minutes of clear, detailed, presentation and forty-five minutes of equally informed responses to a variety of questions raised by the audience, we learned … Continue reading Dr. Marc Pidou’s presentation on Water Recycling Technologies

On Tuesday 19 November, Chichester and Arun Green Party hosted a talk by Tracey Viney, the water industry expert behind much of the Water Matters website content. The talk can be viewed on the local Green Party Youtube channel by taking the following link: https://youtu.be/_fIA-AsgDdE?t=40 To download a PDF copy of the slides used, please … Continue reading Effluent Recycling – A Community Briefing by Tracey Viney

Find out more about the advanced treatment of sewage works final effluent, currently discharged to the environment, which Southern Water now propose for further indirect use in drinking water supply Marc is an expert in Water Science & Engineering.  He held a Research Fellow position in the Advanced Water Management Centre at the University of … Continue reading Online talk on Water Recycling Technologies – Monday 25 November, 7:00pm

On Thursday 7 November 2024, five members of the 'Water Matters' community spent five hours shut in the boardroom on the fourth floor of Southern Water's HQ, under the watchful gaze of two Southern Water staffers and the watchful ears of the boardroom videoconference microphones. We were there to review the twelve 'Water Resources Management … Continue reading Southern Water deliberately restricts access to WRMP Environmental & Options Appraisal details

An important message for all consumers of drinking water across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and West Sussex. Yes, that means You! Residents around the borough of Havant, where Portsmouth Water's part-constructed 'Havant Thicket Reservoir' is now under threat from Southern Water's infamous Budds Farm sewage works, have had more than enough of Southern Water's … Continue reading We need your help – Southern Water are recycling more than sewage!

This image of Havant's least-loved visitor attraction is taken from a New Civil Engineer website post dated 24 October. Clearly, Southern Water are trying to make up for the time they lost messing about with a reverse osmosis desalination plan at Ashlett Creek in 2021. You might have thought that the Company would have learned, … Continue reading ‘New Civil Engineer’ article on Southern Water’s procurement activity