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.
Stream pollution costs Somerset farm £19k+ in court after failing to make improvements recommended in 2019
Stream pollution has cost a Somerset farm more than £19,000 in court - the stream was polluted after the farm failed to make improvements following a farm inspection by the Environment Agency recommended improvements should be made to prevent possible pollution.
Welsh Parliament - Dŵr Cymru needs to ‘up its game’ on tackling pollution
In a new report published today, the Welsh Parliament Environment Committee is calling on Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water and the Welsh Government to accelerate measures to tackle pollution in Wales’ waters.
Chichester District Council - Ofwat pledges to work more closely with local authorities to hold Southern Water to account
Chichester District Council (CDC) has reported that Ofwat has pledged to work more closely with local authorities across the south coast to hold Southern Water to account.
Government remains largely off track to meet its environmental ambitions, finds OEP in annual progress report
Government remains largely off track to meets its environmental ambitions and must speed up and scale up its efforts in order to achieve them, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has found in its annual progress report published today.
"Forever chemicals" - scientists develop new approach to detect PFAS in water using luminescent sensor
Researchers have created a new way to detect PFAS or ‘forever chemical’ pollution in water, via a luminescent sensor.
Farm invests £900k to improve infrastructure after water pollution prosecution
Slurry from Bycott Farm near Tiverton ran into a stream causing pollution for at least 2 months, a court heard on Thursday 11 January. Handing down sentence, the judge said £900,000 had since been spent on infrastructure by the company as a result of the case.
Minister calls on water CEOs to accelerate plans to deliver on sewage spills reductions in next 12 months
New Environment Secretary Steve Barclay has written to water company Chief Executives calling on them to go “further and faster” to secure a measurable reduction in sewage spills in the next 12 months and asking them to respond with written plans by 19th December.
Environment Agency gains new powers to impose unlimited financial penalties on companies who pollute environment
As of yesterday, the Environment Agency can now impose unlimited financial penalties on companies who pollute the environment.