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...
Suppliers identified to find possible solutions to Blue Green Algae
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has awarded £450,000 to five suppliers to develop proof of concepts on potential solutions to...
Domestic action needed to get UK back on track as international nature leader at COP16
With the doors soon to open at COP16, nature groups are warning in a new progress tracker that inadequate action from the previous Government...
Micropollutant removal pilot plant will be first to pioneer new wastewater technology
Curio Group has relocated its UK headquarters to Cranfield University's campus to strengthen research into micropollutant removal from wastewater.
The UK’s first pilot plant aimed...
Scotland’s environmental regulator serves a Fixed Monetary Penalty for unauthorised discharge into South Lanarkshire river
B.H.C. Limited, based in Enniskillen, has been served a Fixed Monetary Penalty (FMP) by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) after the regulator found...
Scientists find chemical cocktail of micropollutants amplified the effect of algal toxins to cause mass fish mortality on the River Oder in Germany
Tonnes of dead fish, mussels and snails were seen floating on the River Oder (Germany) in early August 2022. It soon became clear what...
Environmental Industries Commission publishes One Crisis report
The Environmental Industries Commission has published its report from its flagship event about ‘The One Crisis’, a term coined from the United Nations (UN),...
EcoClarity and Yorkshire Water join forces in fight against fatbergs
Trials of a cutting-edge fats, oils and grease (FOG) Recovery Hub at Yorkshire Water’s wastewater treatment works in Hull, UK, are helping the utility...
Highways UK 2024: Navigating the future of road infrastructure
Last summer, National Highways published its 2030 Water Quality Plan, setting out plans to address potential pollution to the water environment arising from the...
Monitoring polluted highway runoff with a modern environmental solution
Polluted water from motorways and highways is a significant environmental concern, contributing to the degradation of aquatic ecosystems and posing risks to human health....
Government can rescue dirty rivers without breaking the bank, Labour Conference told
An expert panel convened this week at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool to debate the use of nature-based solutions to clean up Britain’s...
Young UK innovators awarded Stockholm Junior Water Prize for groundbreaking PFAS pollution reduction project
Christopher Whitfeld and Jonathan Zhao, both Year 12 students from Eton College, Berkshire, have been awarded the prestigious Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2024 (SJWP)...
Severn Trent pays £327,500 to wildlife trust after investigation
An investigation by the Environment Agency into Severn Trent Water revealed that raw sewage from a blocked sewer had been discharged into a brook...
Labour Conference to debate solutions to water challenges
A panel of experts including Water Minister Emma Hardy and one of Britain’s largest water companies is set to debate innovative nature-based ways to...
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