Europe: new report says water quality improves but challenges remain
The quality of drinking water and bathing water, and the effectiveness of waste water treatment across the European Union continues to improve - but challenges remain, according to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report published today.
Quality of UK water environment continues to rise
New reports published by the Environment Agency on regulation, pollution and waste show that pollution incidents from water companies are falling while the quality of the water environment continues to rise.
Southern Water and Environment Agency investigate Swalecliffe Brook pollution
Southern Water and the Environment Agency are continuing their investigations into the possible causes of pollution at Swalecliffe Brook in Kent following the discovery of dead fish and sewage at a neighbouring beach last week.
Harrogate watercourse pollution costs Yorkshire Water £350k in court
Yorkshire Water has been fined £350,000 for illegally discharging sewage that polluted a Harrogate watercourse.
Repeated raw sewage leaks cost Severn Trent Water £460k+ in court
Repeated raw sewage leaks have cost Severn Trent Water £460,000-plus in court - on 21 July 2016, at Nottingham Crown Courtthe company was fined £426,000, ordered to pay Environment Agency costs of £38,642.60 as well as a victim surcharge of £120.
United Utilities and contractors fined almost £1m for polluting brook
United Utilities Water Limited (UU) has been fined £600,000 and its contractor, KMI+ £333,000 at Bolton Crown Court on Friday 24 June 2016 after pleading guilty to polluting a brook with corrosive bleach.
Farm fined for polluting same stream twice
In a case brought by the Environment Agency, a Dorset farm company has been ordered to pay almost £12,000 in fines and costs for polluting the same stream twice – first with slurry and then silage. The spills occurred within five months of each other.
Biogas companies ordered to pay for water pollution
Site operator, Greener For Life Energy Ltd, and site owner and permit holder Nomansland Biogas Ltd, both pleaded guilty at Exeter Magistrates’ Court last week to negligently polluting the watercourse last year and contravening the requirements of an environmental permit.
Pollution incidents cost animal feed firm £33,000 in court
A High Peak animal feed business was fined £18,000 today for discharging polluting waste into the public sewer and causing damage to a treatment works.
Sewage pollution costs Glastonbury Festival £31k in court
The organisers of Glastonbury Festival, the world’s biggest music festival, have been ordered to pay £31,000 in fines and costs for pollution offences involving human sewage.