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Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Water Services Regulation Authority Ofwat for water and sewerage companies in England and Wales has said that latest results show the companies have delivered improvements to customer services and the environment.

Environment Agency investigates major fish kill

Friday, 25 July 2008
Hundreds of trout have died in a major pollution incident on the Pill River in West Somerset.

Agency says credit crunch no excuse to stop focusing on environment

Thursday, 24 July 2008
The past decade has seen significant improvements in environmental performance by many businesses in England and Wales. But there are still lots of companies that need to do more - and what progress has been made should not stop just because of a slowdown in the economy, the Environment Agency warned yesterday.

Nitrates - Government rejects cover crops option

Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Defra has published its response to the consultation on measures to implement the Nitrates Directive. Implementation of the Nitrates Directive is a “base measure” for the purposes of implementing the Water Framework Directive.

Ofwat launches competition consultation

Thursday, 17 July 2008
Water industry regulator Ofwat has opened a consultation on a range of options for introducing effective market competition into the water and sewerage sectors in England and Wales.

Pressure group call CCW abstraction response “alarmist and inaccurate”

Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Members of the Blueprint for Water coalition have written to the Guardian newspaper describing the Consumer Council for Water's recent comment that revoking environmentally damaging abstraction licences could see domestic supplies dry up as “both alarmist and inaccurate”.

Environment Agency investigates major fish kill

Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Hundreds of trout have died in a pollution incident on the Pill River in West Somerset.

Industry body raises questions about water licence proposals

Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Water UK, the organisation which represents all UK water and wastewater service suppliers at national and European level, has said that required changes to abstraction licences could have a serious effect on planning for the public water supply.

New scheme for assessing water licence compliance

Thursday, 10 July 2008
Industry and other water users in Scotland who abstract, impound or discharge to the water environment are being given the opportunity to comment on a new scheme to assess compliance with environmental licence conditions.

Southern Water prosecuted for sewage pollution

Monday, 07 July 2008
The Environment Agency has prosecuted Southern Water for causing sewage to enter the Bevern Stream at Barcombe in East Sussex during September last year.

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