environment agency - WWT
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Thames Water to pay £80,000 after sewer pollution incident
A pollution incident in South-East London has led to Thames Water handing over a
significant sum to an environmental...
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Kent dairy farmer prosecuted for polluting stream with slurry
A dairy farmer based near Ashford has been ordered to pay £1,500 plus £5,516 in
victim charges and costs by Maidstone...
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Northumberland pumping station set for £12M investment
Northumbrian Water and the Environment Agency are to spend £12 million on the
modernisation of its Riding Mill pumping...
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Yorkshire Water seeks further drought permit to aid flexibility
Yorkshire Water has applied for a further drought permit as it seeks to safeguard against
the prospect of a dry winter.
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Farmer ordered to pay nearly £4K for stream pollution
A Somerset farmer has been ordered to pay £3,996 in fines and costs for polluting a
stream with contaminated water.
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Agricultural firm given liability notice over River Witham pollution
The company responsible for a major pollution incident on the River Witham that killed at
least 100,000 fish has been told...
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Thames Water fined £2M over raw sewage pollution
Thames Water has been fined £2 million and ordered to pay full costs of £79,991.57
after raw sewage polluted an...
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Interview: Ofwat director Trevor Bishop
Ofwat director Trevor Bishop explains why the regulator wants to ensure wastewater
resilience becomes just as central to...
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Yorkshire Water to open up water resources data
With the summer's unusually dry weather continuing into the winter months, Yorkshire
Water has announced it is to become...
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Research group to tackle water issues in W Midlands and beyond
A new taskforce has been formed aiming to tackle flooding and other water-related issues
affecting the communities around...
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Wessex Water to pay record £975k after sewage spills
Wessex Water has offered to pay £975,000 to achieve equivalent environmental
benefits following a series of sewage spills...
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Nearly 98% of bathing waters pass EA quality standards
The Environment Agency has announced that 97.9 per cent of England's bathing waters
passed standards following tests this...
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Bevan issues warning over surface water flooding dangers
Environment Agency chief executive Sir James Bevan has warned that surface water
represents "a real and growing threat"...
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'Water company spending should align with farm subsidies'
The UK's new post-Brexit farm subsidy scheme, aimed at environmental restoration,
should be better aligned with water...
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Rain needed to reduce drought risk for 2019
The National Drought Group (NDG) met today (20 September) to assess the latest
situation and agree actions needed to...
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