Archive News (Environment)
Top tips to help save water in your garden
Looking for new ways to make your green space even greener? Read our guide for helpful tips on how to save water and use it more efficiently around the garden.
Local mayors and civic leaders welcomed to Dorset wildlife haven
Civic leaders from across Dorset have visited one of the county’s hidden gems to hear how it provides a haven for local wildlife and offers a wide range of benefits for the community.
Bournemouth Water installs dozens of bat boxes to improve local environment
Bournemouth Water has installed dozens of new bat boxes in a bid to provide more roosting opportunities for the local bat population and enhance the natural environment.
How Bournemouth Water's pilot plant is paving the future for water
About the pilot plant What’s a pilot plant? I hear you say. Well, it’s a unique and innovative system to trial the performance of our processes, on a small scale, before using it on a large industrial scale. It’s basically a mini treatment works where we can test water quality. This is used to identify risks before full-scale...
Bournemouth Water celebrates National Tree Week after planting over 2,300 trees
Bournemouth Water is celebrating National Tree Week by highlighting the importance trees play in the water ecosystem.
5 ways to have fun and keep cool while wasting less water
4 ways to reuse water
Bourne Free to provide free drinking water thanks to new partnership
Bourne Free has announced a new partnership with Bournemouth Water that will see free drinking water for attendees at this weekend’s event.
We tackle some of the water-saving myths floating about.
Every year we ask our customers to save 5 litres of water, and every year you all surprise us with your ingenious ways to save water. We’re incredibly proud of those of you who take up the challenge again and again. But there are also many misconceptions about why we ask you all to save water. “We live on an island, a very rainy...
New Milton welcomes three new peregrine falcons
Bournemouth Water’s New Milton Water Tower is home to a new brood of peregrine falcon chicks.
State-of-the-art improvements planned for Knapp Mill Water Treatment Works
Bournemouth Water has submitted plans to BCP Council to carry out state-of-the-art upgrades to its existing Knapp Mill Water Treatment Works to improve the security and resilience of the region’s water supply.
A soaring success: peregrine falcons thrive at our New Milton water tower
We feel incredibly lucky to play host to a pair of peregrine falcons at our New Milton water tower. In September 2016, Keith, the Chairman of the Hampshire Ornithological Society, and Official Bird Recorder for Hampshire, was very excited when he spotted them and immediately got in touch. Since then, we’ve worked hard with Keith,...