Food companies ordered to pay over £265,000 for severe sewer abuse offences
Thames Water has been cracking down on sewer abuse in the food industry, with two companies ordered to pay a combined total of £262,500...
OEP investigation concludes Defra, EA and Ofwat failed to comply with environmental law in relation to sewage discharges
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has concluded that there have been failures to comply with environmental law by the Department for Environment, Food...
ICO calls for all water companies to publish sewage discharge data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is calling on all water companies to proactively publish information relating to sewage discharges each month.
Water companies have a...
SEPA unveils new method to detect chemicals in water environment
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has introduced an innovative new approach to water sampling to improve the identification and monitoring of chemicals in...
Anglian Water teams find 28,000 tonnes of unflushables in the sewers this year
Data collected by Anglian Water shows that people across the East of England wrongly disposed of 2,800 tonnes of unflushable items last year creating...
Anglian Water fined £300,000 for sewage pollution in Norfolk
Following a successful prosecution by the Environment Agency, Anglian Water has been fined £300,000 for illegally discharging sewage into a watercourse that feeds into...
Scottish Water served £6,000 civil penalty for polluting Dunfermline burn
Scottish Water has been served a civil penalty of £6,000 by Scotland’s environmental regulator for breaching a condition of its licence after a discharge...
£600,000 payment by Severn Trent Water to Trent Rivers Trust following pollution incident
The Environment Agency has accepted an Enforcement Undertaking from Severn Trent Water after a pumping station fault caused pollution along 1 kilometre of a...
92% of English bathing waters meet water quality standards but more still needs to be done
Figures released this week reveal that 92% of bathing waters in England have met minimum water quality standards, with 85% of bathing waters being...
Andrew Muir opens the Better Beaches Forum in Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Andrew Muir has opened the Better Beaches Forum at the Crawfordsburn Countryside Centre in Northern Ireland.
The Forum is...
CIWEM urges action on PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in UK’s water systems
Following the launch of a Policy Position Statement (PPS), CIWEM, the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, has issued an urgent call...
OEP launches investigation into lawfulness of government guidance on water pollution from agriculture
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has launched an investigation into the government’s Statutory Guidance on applying the Farming Rules for Water (FRfW).
These regulations...
Preventative pump maintenance reduces downtime and risk
Now that industrial companies face being hit with unlimited fines for pollution incidents, outsourcing pump maintenance to specialist contractors can provide security and peace...
South West Water admits to illegal discharges and breach of environmental permit but case adjourned for sentencing at a later date
South West Water Ltd was before Plymouth Magistrates’ Court yesterday (14 November 2024) where the company pleaded guilty to five offences related to illegal...
Wessex Water fined £500,000 for sewage killing thousands of fish
Wessex Water has been found negligent after sewage leaks killed thousands of fish - with the company failing to report incidents to the Environment...
Ballyholme Beach Study extended to investigate winter water quality
A new study to investigate water quality at Ballyholme Beach in Bangor has been extended until February 2025 to better understand water pollution in...
United Utilities announces new programme of activity to accelerate spill reductions at a further 700 sites across the North West
United Utilities has announced a new programme of activity to accelerate spill reductions at a further 700 sites across the North West.
A dedicated team...
Microplastics and PFAS – combined risk and greater environmental harm
The combined impact of so-called ‘forever chemicals’ is more harmful to the environment than single chemicals in isolation, a new study shows.
Researchers at the...
Island management company given £600 penalty for Loch Broom silt pollution
Summer Isles Enterprises Limited, based in Wiltshire, has been served a Fixed Monetary Penalty (FMP) by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) after the...
‘Source-to-sea’ approach needed to clean up Scotland’s marine litter
Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS) is calling on the Scottish Government to embed a ‘source-to-sea’ approach into future policy and legislation to tackle the marine...
Two companies prosecuted for Worcestershire brook pollution caused by a series of human and corporate failings
A prosecution by the Environment Agency has resulted in the conviction of two companies for causing trade effluent to pollute three kilometres of a...
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