More than 400 homes in part of Wiltshire were without water this weekend after a main burst.

The much-loved sculpture of a woman reclining in a water fountain outside Birmingham Council House, nicknamed the Floozie in the Jacuzzi, is losing gallons of water a day.

Every time I go to the bathroom here at work, I’m annoyed by a dripping faucet in the men’s room.

The amount of water used to produce food is the biggest threat to Britain's food chain, according to a leading scientist.

Everyone knows of a farm with a borehole. Some are recent additions, while others have been around as long as anyone working on the farm can remember. But all are useful, if not essential to the farm.

About 40 people, mainly children, have been affected by a suspected chlorine leak at a Black Country swimming pool.

A SOUTH Yorkshire MP has asked Yorkshire Water to be more flexible in dealing with a leak affecting the homes of two elderly women and two of their neighbours.

Copper thieves who stripped piping from an empty Tilehurst council house flooded the neighbouring home of a single mother.

As the Environment Agency calls for water meters in virtually all homes in England and Wales, we look at some of the issues for consumers.

Conventional methods of leak detection rely primarily on the expertise of operators to identify leaks within the system based on pressure losses at various locations.

(Money Supermarket) 4 houses in a terrace with a shared water mains supplying 3 out of the 4 and the odd one having their own seperate supply off the mains from the street.

ennifer and Jim kept getting huge water bills. They knew beyond a doubt that the bills weren't representative of their actual usage, and no matter how they tried to conserve, the high bills continued.

(West Country) EVERY home and business in the region could have a water meter installed as part of plans to cut usage in the Westcountry.

DESPERATE thieves nearly caused a major explosion after they cut into the gas supply pipe to a rundown block of flats.

Around 14% of people who had experienced problems ranging from a burst pipe to a broken boiler, had to take on debt to pay for the problem to be fixed, according to property repair group HomeServe.

Homeowners facing common home emergencies have been forced to borrow money in order to fix problems with their properties, according to a new report by HomeServe...

An unqualified plumber who illegally fitted a faulty gas boiler has been ordered to pay more than £1,100 by magistrates.

He recalled one occasion when his crew got a job to fit a bathroom radiator at 19 St Anne’s Drive. The owners would be out and the key was under the mat.

Water meters should be installed in virtually every home to reduce use and prevent shortages brought on by climate change and a rising population, the Environment Agency has urged.

There's been a lot of talk about carbon footprints lately. Another kind of footprint is water, a crucial issue, especially for those of us in the West

Every aspect of our lives depends on it, yet Canadians are among the biggest wasters of water in the world.

WATER bosses have been told to look into Morpeth drainage problems as a matter of urgency.

(From the USA) What you're doing on your property will affect your neighbor," he said. That's why he works to establish "best-management practices" that will protect ground water.

Utilities (UU.L) expects full-year results to meet its expectations and has a robust financing position, the water group said on Thursday.

A contractor from the UK has received a fine after smashing up pig pens and dumping up to seventy tons of potentially deadly asbestos in the ground.

Among the concerns to be addressed will be good order on site to prevent slips, trips and falls, safety of those working at height and the management of asbestos removal.

the new legislation would plug a gap between the contaminated land regime and rules governing damage to biodiversity

The two venues are expected to play a major role in Scotland's sporting future. Last night, residents in the area surrounding the contaminated land were stunned when the Record told them about the poisoning.

Residents of Eldorado Hills, California are opposing a proposal for a tract of housing to be built in an area that is close to land contaminated with a highly toxic form of asbestos.

Mrs More said that in 2006 1,000 heating workers died as a result of asbestos – a quarter of all asbestos related deaths. She added: "It is the most serious occupational health issue in the United Kingdom."

Occupational health has been a real rollercoaster ride with Dame Carol Black's report promising us everything and giving us nothing.

He would cut up sheets of asbestos cement, wearing no protective clothing at all, and by the end of his shift the white dust would be so thick on him he looked like a snowman.

Such a move would be in line with the London mayor’s best practice guidance on controlling dust and emissions from construction and demolition.

The land will then be returned to agricultural land, wildflower grassland and wet woodland and will involve areas of native tree and hedgerow planting.

The landscape initiative has been developed by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, part of the University of Texas at Austin

eventy-one percent of topsoil and 61 percent of subsoil moisture was rated in short to very short condition.

They found that although the top few inches of soil had been saturated by winter rain, the lower topsoil and the clay subsoil was relatively dry, due to soil compaction at varying depths, restricting vertical drainage.

The trial involved mixing a total of 2,300 tonnes of the special compost in with the topsoil left in an area of the Dunbar Works quarry after materials had been extracted.

During the works, by contractors Walters (UK) Ltd, 16,500 tonnes of topsoil and boulder clay is being moved to create the new camp site and caravan site extension

So new or restored gardens in historic places seem to do well but greenfield sites present a mixed picture.

The development framework for Leith Docks outlines the planned creation of nine waterfront areas or villages, on 144ha of brownfield land, over the next 30 years.

Thousands of new homes each year that ministers claim are going up on brownfield sites are actually being built in back gardens.

The proportion of homes built on previously developed land increased in 2007, as did the density of residential development.

As Kentucky farmers begin to explore this new form of alternative energy, they need to be aware of the value of their crop residue, according to a soil scientist in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture.

A project that combines the latest soil science and technology with remote satellite imagery and on-the-ground efforts to analyse thousands of soil samples from remote areas across Africa has been unveiled.

We’re not in any way anti-science or luddite and we do need to research things such as soil science to prevent degradation.

"During the last five years, the KRCEE has addressed a myriad of challenging issues, ranging from soil and groundwater contamination to seismic and economic development issues in western Kentucky.

Countries must also protect drinking water by establishing pesticide buffer zones around bodies of water and "safeguard zones" for any surface and groundwater used that will ultimately come out of someone's tap.

In Thanet, there needs to be an emphasis on protecting the groundwater and grade 1 agricultural land from wasteful developments such as China Gateway.

The UK is shortly expected to implement the Environmental Liability Directive in the form of The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations 2009.