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South West Water to increase work to tackle sewer misuse and misconnections

Water Company News 11 July, 2025

South West Water has announced the creation of a new fund dedicated to preventing sewer misuse and fixing faulty connections, with £2million being made...

River Deep Mountain AI releases first open-source models

Environmental News 10 July, 2025

Collaborative innovation project River Deep Mountain AI (RDMAI) has announced the open-source release of a suite of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) models...

Environment Agency sets out strategy for next 5 years and beyond following £189m boost to funding

Government, Policy & Regulation 8 July, 2025

The Environment Agency (EA) has today (8 July 2025) set out its strategy for the next five years and beyond. The strategy 'EA2030 change for...

Rivers, Streams and Lakes (Protected Status) Bill scheduled for second reading in Parliament today

Government, Policy & Regulation 4 July, 2025

A Bill to make provision for the designation of rivers, streams and lakes as having protected status is scheduled for a second reading in...

EPA publishes full monitoring network results of nitrogen and phosphorus levels in Irish waters for 2024

Government, Policy & Regulation 3 July, 2025

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published the full monitoring network results of the levels of nitrogen and phosphorus in Irish waters in 2024. The Water...

Funding for Environment Agency farm inspections to double as part of a major boost to cut agricultural pollution

Government, Policy & Regulation 2 July, 2025

The government has announced that funding for Environment Agency farm inspections is doubling as part of a wider drive to help farmers slash agricultural...

Court of Appeal grants Professor Carolyn Roberts permission to appeal Competition Appeal Tribunal’s decision

Industry News 2 July, 2025

The Court of Appeal has granted Professor Carolyn Roberts permission to appeal the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s refusal to certify her proposed collective proceedings against...

Company donates £150,000 to local rivers trust after polluting a Cardiff river

Government, Policy & Regulation 2 July, 2025

A company responsible for polluting Llanishen Brook and Roath Park Lake in Cardiff has agreed to donate £150,000 to a local environmental charity, following...

WILLIAMSON ON WATER: Reducing pollution in the water network with the four ‘I’s

Insight & Opinion 30 June, 2025

In the first of a new regular column, Adler & Allan’s Managing Director, Mike Williamson MBE, explains how we can reduce pollution, enhance the...

Potato farmer prosecuted by Environment Agency for causing silt, soil and potatoes to seriously pollute a tributary of the River Tone in Somerset

Government, Policy & Regulation 26 June, 2025

A Taunton potato farmer has been prosecuted by the Environment Agency for causing silt, soil and potatoes to escape from a field and seriously...

River Action granted permission to proceed with legal challenge against Ofwat

Government, Policy & Regulation 25 June, 2025

Environmental charity River Action has been granted permission by the High Court to proceed with a legal challenge against the water regulator, Ofwat. River Action...

Integrated approach essential to addressing climate emergency, says The Rivers Trust’s Mark Lloyd

Water Vlogs 25 June, 2025

Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive of The Rivers Trust, discusses the interim report of the Independent Water Commission, welcoming the focus on the need for...

Pig farmer prosecuted for allowing slurry to enter surface water drains and nearby stream

Government, Policy & Regulation 25 June, 2025

A Taunton pig farmer has been prosecuted by the Environment Agency for allowing slurry to escape from an illegally constructed slurry lagoon causing pollution...

Herefordshire-based farmer fined for polluting Abergavenny watercourses with soil and silt runoff

Environmental News 25 June, 2025

A farmer has been ordered to pay more than £4,000 in fines and costs after a pollution incident near Abergavenny led to soil and...

Two new Water (Special Measures) Act measures come into force this week

Government, Policy & Regulation 24 June, 2025

Two new legal requirements have come into force this week as part of the Water (Special Measures) Act, which received Royal Assent earlier this...

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water sentenced for polluting protected environment

Government, Policy & Regulation 24 June, 2025

Following a successful prosecution brought by Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has been fined £90,000 for recurring pollution incidents on the...

2nd reading of the Chalk Streams Bill is due in Parliament today

Government, Policy & Regulation 20 June, 2025

A 2nd reading of the Chalk Streams Bill is due in Parliament today (20 June, 2025). The Private Members’ Bill was introduced by Liberal Democrat...

Feargal Sharkey discusses the UK’s water woes with Toby Perkins MP in latest Committee Corridor podcast

Insight & Opinion 20 June, 2025

The latest episode of Committee Corridor, out this week, sees host Toby Perkins MP, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, sit down with...

Government to invest over £100m in water company fines to local environmental projects

Government, Policy & Regulation 19 June, 2025

The Government has announced it will invest water company fines into local projects across the country to clean up our rivers, lakes and seas. Over...

Biogas, forever chemicals and sand filtration: Cranfield supports three innovative projects to address water sector challenges

Awards, Charity & Funding 19 June, 2025

Cranfield University is involved with three projects recently awarded funding from Ofwat’s Innovation Fund Water Breakthrough Challenge. Winning a share of £42 million in...

BSI launches new guidance on detecting microplastics in the water supply

Market Analysis & Research 12 June, 2025

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has launched new guidance on detecting microplastics in the water supply and ultimately protect consumers from the associated risks. This...

UK’s first micropollutant removal plants using ozone technology go live

Industry News 9 June, 2025

New wastewater treatment facilities designed and built by Curio Water will help to clean bathing waters, as part of Severn Trent’s Green Recovery Plan,...

Northumbrian Water agrees to pay £15.7m enforcement package following Ofwat wastewater investigation

Government, Policy & Regulation 5 June, 2025

Ofwat has concluded its investigation into Northumbrian Water securing an enforcement package of £15.7m to be paid by the wastewater company and their shareholders,...

Yorkshire Water fined £350,000 after one of its sewage pumping stations polluted a York watercourse

Government, Policy & Regulation 2 June, 2025

Following an investigation by the Environment Agency, Yorkshire Water appeared at York Magistrates’ Court on Friday 30 May for sentencing for two offences –...

Affinity Water’s pioneering testing method recognised by UK experts

Water Company News 30 May, 2025

Affinity Water has become the first water laboratory in the UK to develop and establish an advanced method for detecting total cyanide in drinking...

Landmark mine water heat scheme goes live in Wales

Case Studies 30 May, 2025

Previously untapped heat from a mine water treatment scheme in Wales is now being harnessed to provide low-carbon heating for a nearby business. Wales, with...

ERG Group acquires Hygrade Plastics to expand fabrication capability

Mergers & Acquisitions 28 May, 2025

ERG Process Technologies, owner of ERG (Air Pollution Control) Ltd and ERG Plastic Fabrications Ltd, has announced the acquisition of Hygrade Industrial Plastics Ltd,...

TECH TALKS: P-removal in AMP8 – are you ready?

Insight & Opinion 27 May, 2025

The water sector has entered a pivotal phase. The public is demanding, rightly, both significantly improved services and environmental protection, and now it's time...

Record 81 criminal investigations launched into water companies under Government crackdown

Government, Policy & Regulation 21 May, 2025

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has revealed a record total of 81 criminal investigations into water companies have been launched...

Welsh Parliament’s Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee raises concerns over the ability of Natural Resources Wales to do its job

Government, Policy & Regulation 21 May, 2025

The Welsh Parliament's Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee has raised concerns over the ability of Natural Resources Wales to do its job effectively. NRW...

Landmark case sees Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water fined £1.35m for over 800 breaches to sewage discharge permits

Government, Policy & Regulation 16 May, 2025

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has been fined £1,350,000 and ordered to pay £70,237.70 costs after pleading guilty to over 800 breaches of its environmental...

New pilot study detects crucial pollution marker in UK rivers

Environmental News 15 May, 2025

A pilot study has succeeded in offering a better understanding of contamination sources in national waterbodies, providing water companies with the capability of identifying...

Information Commissioner’s Office tells water companies that transparency must be the default position

Government, Policy & Regulation 6 May, 2025

The Information Commissioner’s Office has told water companies that transparency must be the default position when it comes to information under the Environmental Information...

Southern Water pleads guilty to 13 pollution charges

Government, Policy & Regulation 29 April, 2025

Southern Water has pleaded guilty to 13 counts of unpermitted discharges from Margate, Broadstairs and Weatherlees Hill Wastewater Pumping Stations between 2019 and 2021. The...

Investigation leads to overflowing collection tank and pollution conviction

Government, Policy & Regulation 29 April, 2025

Michael McCullagh, (70), Gorticashel Road, Greencastle, Co Tyrone was convicted yesterday (28 April 2025) at Omagh Magistrates Court, under Article 7(1)(a) of the Water...

Unauthorised discharges and odours drive enforcement at EPA priority sites in 2024

Government, Policy & Regulation 28 April, 2025

Ireland's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published its Industrial and Waste Licence Enforcement Summary 2024. The report details EPA enforcement activities across industrial and...

Polluting water bosses face up to two years in prison

Government, Policy & Regulation 25 April, 2025

Water company bosses could face up to two years in prison due to new powers in force today, Friday 25 April 2025. The new powers,...

Second reading of the Chalk Steams (Protection) Bill to take place in Parliament this week

Government, Policy & Regulation 22 April, 2025

The second reading of the Chalk Streams (Protection) Bill, which will give chalk streams an enhanced status to protect them from pollution and environmental...

Report reveals more than a quarter of adults in England have considered withholding water bill payments as a result of recent sewage scandals

Market Analysis & Research 16 April, 2025

A new report from Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) has revealed that more than a quarter of adults in England have considered not paying their...

EAC launches new inquiry to address the risks of PFAS forever chemicals within the UK’s regulatory approach

Government, Policy & Regulation 10 April, 2025

House of Commons select committee, the Environmental Audit Committee, is launching a new inquiry to address the risks of PFAS forever chemicals within the...

EU invests €4.6M in new water sensor to track hidden pollutants in lakes and rivers

Product News 10 April, 2025

An EU consortium is developing a new photonic sensing platform to track invisible threats from petrochemicals, pesticides, heavy metals, and industrial waste in our...

Aston University microbiologist calls for public vigilance and urgent action on the danger of raw sewage in UK seas

Insight & Opinion 10 April, 2025

Aston University microbiologist Dr Jonathan Cox has written an article for the journal Microbiology on the dangers posed by raw sewage in the seas...

Biodiversity in England’s rivers improved as metal pollution reduced

Environmental News 9 April, 2025

An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England’s rivers was linked to reductions in pollution of zinc and copper, largely due to the decline of...

DAERA Minister Andrew Muir urges the public to become citizen scientists at local water sources in the ‘Great UK Water Blitz’

Environmental News 8 April, 2025

Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Andrew Muir has urged the public to become citizen scientists at local water...

South West Water completes sewer scheme in Exmouth as part of £38 million improvement plans

Water Company News 8 April, 2025

South West Water has completed a scheme to replace a section of sewer in Exmouth and protect customers and the environment from potential pollutions. Teams...

OEP welcomes decision in Pickering Fishery Association case on water quality laws

Government, Policy & Regulation 3 April, 2025

The Office for Environmental Protection says it welcomes yesterday's (Wednesday, 2 April) Court of Appeal decision on the correct interpretation of the law to...

SEPA launches consultation on proposed Environmental Performance Assessment Scheme (EPAS)

Government, Policy & Regulation 1 April, 2025

SEPA is launching a consultation on a proposed Environmental Performance Assessment Scheme (EPAS) - which it says will be a fairer way of reporting...

Environment Secretary describes the number of spills from storm overflows as “disgraceful” after new figures released

Government, Policy & Regulation 28 March, 2025

The Environment Secretary has described the number of spills from storm overflows as “disgraceful” as new figures were released by the Environment Agency yesterday...

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