"Gross and chronic" water pollution in brook costs construction company £185,000- plus in Court
A Northampton construction company has been fined £160,000 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £25,577.79 fort polluting a brook at the East Midlands Gateway development site.
EA Chief Executive Sir James Bevan says more facts, not assertions, needed on water
In his final speech on water, Sir James Bevan reflected on the debate around water quality over his seven years as Chief Executive, saying that more facts and not assertions are needed on water and warning that it will be “particularly challenging” to achieve good status for all rivers in England.
Government tells water companies – "Show us your action plans on every storm overflow in England"
Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey has today demanded water companies a clear assessment and action plan on every storm overflow from every water and sewerage company in England, prioritising those that are spilling more than a certain number of times a year, and those spilling into bathing waters and high priority nature sites.
The Times, i-news and Daily Telegraph launch separate campaigns to tackle water pollution issues
The Times, i-news and the Daily Telegraph have all launched separate ongoing campaigns to tackle water pollution with a specific focus on pressing for action by the Government, water companies, alongside water sector regulators Ofwat and the Environment Agency.
Good Law Project granted High Court hearing to force Government into tougher action on sewage discharges
The Good Law Project has announced that it has been granted a hearing in the High Court in its legal challenge to force the Government to take much tougher action to stop water companies from discharging raw sewage into coastal waters.
Banned chemical discharge into Yealm estuary costs multi-national company £744,000 in court
Multi-national owned International Paint Ltd, owned by multi-national AkzoNobel, was fined £650,000 and ordered to pay costs of £144,992 in court yesterday after a banned chemical entered the Site of Special Scientific Interest designated Yealm estuary in Devon.
Defra finally publishes delayed legally binding environment targets
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has finally published the delayed legally binding environment targets – originally due for publication at the end of October.
Treatment plant failure which led to sewage discharge into Essex river costs Anglian Water £591,000 in court
Anglian Water was fined a total of £563,609.21and ordered to pay £27,439.21 in costs last week after a treatment plant failure in 2018 let millions of litres of sewage into a river killing invertebrate and fish across 3 kilometres.
Wessex Water reports significant decrease in storm overflow discharges
The latest data released by Wessex Water shows that storm overflow discharges in the water company’s region have significantly reduced in the last year. Discharges during the bathing season near designated bathing water locations have more than halved, with 87 occurring between 15 May and 30 September 2021 and 39 during the same period this year.
Environment Agency says 2021 environmental performance by water companies in England “worst seen for years”
According to the newly-released Regulating for people, the environment and growth, 2021 (RPEG) annual report by the Environment Agency, the environmental performance of the water companies in England was the worst seen for years.