Times newspaper warns “no river safe for bathing” -and blames Environment Agency and water companies
The Times newspaper launched a strong attack on the water sector on Saturday with its front page entirely taken up with a warning that no river in England is safe for bathing, together with a further two pages of detailed analysis and comment.
Major campaign launched to encourage British public to ‘Love Water’
The British public are being asked to help the country protect water resources for future generations as part of a major campaign launched by more than 40 environmental groups, charities, water companies and regulators.
EA Chief warns of profound and potentially terminal consequences of climate change impacts
Environment Agency Chief Sir James Bevan is warning that unless we tackle the impacts of climate change, "they will have profound and potentially terminal consequences for everything that matters to us", in the newly published EA's Annual Report and Accounts for 2018-2019.
Berkshire waterway pollution incident costs Thames Water £700k-plus in court
Thames Water has been ordered to pay more than £700,000 in fines and costs for polluting the Maidenhead Ditch in Berkshire – killing fish and leaving many in distress.
Environment Agency warns water companies to clean up their act
Water company efforts to protect the environment have been described as ‘simply unacceptable’ in an Environment Agency (EA) report published today with only one of the major water and sewage companies in England performing at the level expected.
High Court orders landlord to fix polluting pipes in landmark legal case
A landmark High Court ruling has boosted Thames Water’s efforts to tackle the major issue of misconnections, a hidden problem polluting rivers and streams across London and further afield.
Highways England trials cutting edge technology to clean A38 water run-off in Devon
A cutting edge bio-technology system is being tested by Highways England to improve water quality around a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Devon.
Repeat sewage spill at Devon beach costs South West Water £60k+ in court
A court has ruled that more should have been done by South West Water to prevent history repeating itself when raw sewage spilled onto a popular beach in 2017.
Water pollution costs two Nottinghamshire farm companies £28,000 in court
Two Nottinghamshire farming companies have been fined a total of £28,800 for causing serious pollution to a pond through the discharge of maize silage effluent from Sutton Grange farm in Sutton-cum-Lound near Retford.
Yorkshire Water offers £200k restorative charity donation for sewage pollution
Yorkshire Water has offered a £200,000 restorative charity donation to resolve an investigation into a sewage pollution event at the Pissy Beds Drain near Hatfield Colliery.