Raw sewage has been discharged into Chichester harbour for more than 1,200 hours in the past month, in what campaigners described as “an assault on…
View More Raw sewage discharged into Chichester harbour for over 1,200 hours in a monthTag: Water industry
Up to 70 days of suspected illegal dumps of sewage in Windermere in 2022, analysis finds
Suspected illegal dumping of raw sewage into Windermere took place on up to 70 days in 2022, a year in which campaigners said the lake…
View More Up to 70 days of suspected illegal dumps of sewage in Windermere in 2022, analysis findsAlarm raised over water firm job of new environment secretary’s wife
Campaigners have raised concerns over a potential conflict of interest for the new UK environment secretary, Steve Barclay, whose wife is a senior executive at…
View More Alarm raised over water firm job of new environment secretary’s wife‘Shocking and sad’: photographer’s project reveals wildlife lost to pollution in Yorkshire’s River Wharfe
Five years ago, when Mark Barrow started his project to film along the 65-mile River Wharfe in Yorkshire, he captured footage of majestic shoals of…
View More ‘Shocking and sad’: photographer’s project reveals wildlife lost to pollution in Yorkshire’s River WharfeThames Water pumped at least 72bn litres of sewage into Thames since 2020
Thames Water has pumped at least 72bn litres of sewage into the River Thames since 2020 – roughly equal to 29,000 Olympic swimming pools –…
View More Thames Water pumped at least 72bn litres of sewage into Thames since 2020Scientists call on ministers to cut limits for ‘forever chemicals’ in UK tap water
Acceptable levels of “forever chemicals” in drinking water should be reduced tenfold and a new national chemicals agency created to protect public health, the Royal…
View More Scientists call on ministers to cut limits for ‘forever chemicals’ in UK tap waterCompetitors report falling ill after triathlon event in waters of river Eden
The organisers of a triathlon on a lake fed by the River Eden in Kent have launched an investigation after a number of competitors fell…
View More Competitors report falling ill after triathlon event in waters of river Eden‘I can speak to millions. There’s a power to that’: naturalist Steve Backshall
Steve Backshall’s new book, Deep Blue: My Ocean Journeys, begins with a waltz beneath the waves off Vancouver Island off the coast of Canada. His…
View More ‘I can speak to millions. There’s a power to that’: naturalist Steve BackshallEnvironment Agency failing to monitor water firms in England, data suggests
The Environment Agency is failing to regularly audit water companies to check they are telling the truth about pollution and illegal sewage dumping in England,…
View More Environment Agency failing to monitor water firms in England, data suggestsPublic could receive hundreds of millions as water firms face sewage lawsuit
The public could receive hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation in the first class action against water companies which are alleged to have failed…
View More Public could receive hundreds of millions as water firms face sewage lawsuit