Sewage pollution incident costs Severn Trent Water £550k-plus in court
Severn Trent Water has been fined £500,000 for discharging thousands of gallons of raw sewage from its sewer network onto land at Sutton Park in the West Midlands.
MPs warn fashion is depleting world’s water resources and creating chemical and microplastic pollution
MPs who sit on the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee are warning that the fashion industry is depleting the world’s water resources, polluting rivers and other surface waters with chemicals and adding to ocean microplastic pollution.
New environmental scorecards flag up gaps in water companies PR19 business plans for 2020-25
New scorecards, analysing how successful water company plans for the upcoming AMP7 2020-25 investment programme are likely to be in protecting and improving the environment, have been published by Blueprint for Water, part of the Wildlife and Countryside Link nature coalition, the largest environment coalition in England.
Thames Water pays £80k to environmental charity
Following a pollution incident in south-east London which saw the escape of sewage from a blocked sewer in 2013, Thames Water will give £80,000 to the South East Rivers Trust to make improvements to a local river.
Polluter to submit plans for river repair after 100k fish killed in River Witham
The Environment Agency has told the company responsible for a major pollution on the River Witham that killed at least 100,000 fish they must develop plans to restore the river.
Wessex Water in record £975k payout for environmental improvements after Dorset coast sewage spills
Wessex Water has offered to pay £975,000 to achieve equivalent environmental benefits following a series of sewage spills in Swanage Bay, Dorset.
Packaging and print firm fined for turning river purple with waste ink
A Somerset company has been ordered to pay more than £13,000 in fines and costs for polluting a river with waste ink.
Government launches plan to ban plastic straws, cotton-buds, and stirrers
The Government has set out its plan to ban the distribution and sale of plastic straws, drinks stirrers and cotton buds to protect rivers and seas.
Environment Agency issues new guidance to water firms on permits for storm and emergency overflows
The Environment Agency has issued detailed new guidance to water companies on environmental permits for storm overflows and emergency overflows – on issues ranging from screens, telemetry systems, pumping systems and connections for new developments.
Urban and transport run-off significant contributors to water quality failures
Jo Bradley, Market Development Manager, SDS Ltd and formerly Water Quality Advisor and Highway Outfall Project Manager with the Environment Agency, looks at the challenges posed by urban and highway runoff which are contributing significantly to UK water quality failures.