British public backs Surfers Against Sewage’s call for independent public inquiry
An overwhelming majority (82%) of the British public support the next government setting up an independent public inquiry into the discharge of raw sewage into rivers and seas, according to new polling data from YouGov and Surfers Against Sewage (SAS).
Anglian Water set to invest half billion-pound in 2024 to protect environment, cut storm spills and prevent pollutions
After the wettest winter on record for the East of England, Anglian Water has outlined its plans for additional work to protect the environment - in total, an investment of almost half a billion pounds will be spent this year alone.
Pollution of River Wye near Hereford costs Welsh Water £104,000 in Crown Court
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted Welsh Water Ltd for breaking conditions of an environmental permit at a sewage treatment works near Hereford between August 2020 and June 2021.
Southern Water partners in groundbreaking project to tackle phosphorus pollution and improve water quality
Southern Water is working in collaboration with United Utilities, the University of Portsmouth, Wessex Water, Power & Water, Evergreen, Hydro Industries and Kolina to find new ways to tackle phosphorus pollution.
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water releases update on leak from Penybont wastewater treatment works
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has published an update on a leak from its Penybont wastewater treatment works (WwTW) following the report of pollution the company received on 17 May in the River Ogmore near the works.
Northumbrian Water to pay £50,000 civil sanction to Tyne Rivers Trust
Northumbrian Water will pay £50,000 to Tyne Rivers Trust after a burst pipe polluted Monkton Burn in Jarrow, South Tyneside.
Government announces over £180 million of investment to be fast-tracked to prevent sewage spills
Environment Secretary Steve Barclay MP has announced today that over £180 million of investment will be fast-tracked over the next 12 months to prevent more than 8000 sewage spills polluting English waterways.
Water company inspections set to rise to 10,000 a year in crack down on water sector pollution
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced that water company inspections will more than quadruple as the Government cracks down on poor performing companies.
Severn Trent fined £2 million for ‘reckless’ pollution from huge amounts of raw sewage into River Trent
Severn Trent Water has been ordered to pay a fine of £2,072,000 for allowing huge amounts of raw sewage to discharge into the River Trent from Strongford Wastewater Treatment Works (WTW) near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, between November 2019 and February 2020.
Government to ban bonuses for water company bosses if company commits serious criminal breaches
Environment Secretary Steve Barclay has announced that water company bosses are set to be banned from receiving bonuses if a company has committed serious criminal breaches.