Wessex Water is progressing work on a £15 million upgrade at its Shepton Mallet Water Recycling Centre – the enhancement will help reduce nutrient impact on River Sheppey.

Just weeks before the school holidays began in the Lake District, Blue Green Algae samples exceeded World Health Organisation (WHO) limits for recreational use of Lake Windermere, according to campaigning organisation Save Windermere.

Wessex Water is investing £8 million to enhance Shaftesbury and Mere water recycling centres to improve water quality around both towns throughout 2024.

Yorkshire Water has started a £17 million scheme to improve the final effluent released into rivers and becks from four of its sewage plants to help meet environmental targets on phosphorus removal.

A team from Nottingham Trent University has developed a new way to combat the globally difficult problems of eutrophication, hypoxia and dead zones which lead to the growth of harmful algal blooms (HABs) using oxygen nanobubble-modified clay.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee is holding its first evidence session in its nitrates inquiry tomorrow when the Committee will hear rom academics and Environment groups.

The European Commission has published a Special Report which says further and more effective action is needed to combat eutrophication in the Baltic Sea.

The European Commission is urging Germany to take stronger measures to combat water pollution caused by nitrates.