Frome farmer Michael Aylesbury, a director of Cross Keys Farms Ltd, has been ordered to pay more than £25,000 for polluting the River Frome, Frome, Somerset.

Dairy Crest, the maker of popular brands like Cathedral City and others, has been fined £1.5 million - the largest fine ever awarded for an Environment Agency conviction in the South West.

Anglian Water has been fined £300,000 for Essex river pollution after pollution from a water pumping station caused the death of over 5,000 fish in an Essex river.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has welcomed the Government response to its report, Water quality in rivers, as demonstrating a welcome shift in attitude and an increase in Government ambition on water quality after decades of inaction.

Anglian Water has been fined £18,000, ordered to pay £10,957.80 in costs to the Environment Agency and a victim surcharge of £170 for the release of raw sewage into a river which went on for several hours.

A new report released today by non-profits CDP and Planet Tracker reveals how financial institutions are exposed to significant risks posed by depleted and contaminated water supplies -  with US$13.5 billion in assets already stranded and US$2 billion at risk in four key infrastructure sectors due to water issues.

The English and Welsh water regulator, Ofwat, has awarded £5.2 million to innovative projects using new technology and cross-sector collaborations to improve water quality, reduce pollution and enhance services for consumers.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England has launched a new consultation on new, long-term environmental targets announced by the government.

Ofwat has today called on water companies to spell out plans for how they will cut the harm they cause to rivers in England. 

Hydro International explains how its Downstream Defender® solution is protecting waterways and wildlife in Richmond Park from urban road and stormwater runoff.