Pumping station sewage pollution incident costs Yorkshire Water £364,000 in court
Yorkshire Water has been fined £350,000 after one of its sewage pumping stations polluted a York watercourse and ordered to pay costs of £14,028.65 and a victim surcharge of £170.
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water fined £1.35 million for over 800 breaches to sewage discharge permits
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has been fined £1.35 million and ordered to pay £70,237.70 costs after pleading guilty to over 800 breaches of its environmental permits to discharge sewage.
EA Chief Regulator warns "without continued investment and transformation, further improvements to the customer experience will be limited"
Dr Jo Nettleton, Chief Regulator at the Environment Agency who took up the role in April 2024, is warning that without continued investment and transformation for the Environment Agency, "further improvements to the customer experience will be limited."
Government announces major reforms to environmental regulation to boost growth and protect nature
Reforms announced today by the Environment Secretary Steve Reed will see a more dynamic, streamlined approach to environmental regulation will drive economic growth and safeguard nature under the Plan for Change.
Environment Agency progresses largest-ever investigation into water and sewerage companies
The Environment Agency is continuing work on its largest ever criminal investigation to date into potential breaches of environmental permit conditions by all water and sewerage companies discharging into English waters.
New report warns “toxic cocktail of pollutants” entering rivers due to National Highways failures to meet environmental standards and lack of regulatory permits
A new report by CIWEM (Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management).and Stormwater Shepherds on highway runoff and the water environment is warning that a “toxic cocktail of pollutants” is running into rivers and water sources every time it rains and is calling for urgent action to tackle the issue.
Environment Agency gains new powers to impose unlimited financial penalties on companies who pollute environment
As of yesterday, the Environment Agency can now impose unlimited financial penalties on companies who pollute the environment.
Environment Agency issues environmental permits for new nuclear power station at Sizewell C
The Environment Agency has issued three new environmental permits to NNB Generation Company (Sizewell C) Limited for a new nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk.
Illegal sewage effluent discharge costs Yorkshire Water £186,000 in Court
The Environment Agency has prosecuted Yorkshire Water for illegally discharging sewage effluent into the Potter Carr Nature Reserve.
EA consults on MoD plan to release radioactivity-contaminated rainwater directly into River Tamar from Devonport naval base
The Environment Agency is consulting on a proposal for HMNB Devonport naval base to change the way it disposes of rainwater contaminated by trace amounts of radioactivity at its Plymouth dockyard.
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Pumps prove to be smooth operators for Anglian Water
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and can do odd things,” says Stuart Chatten, Lead Bioresources Technician at Whitlingham Water Recycling Centre (WRC), one of Anglian Water’s principal centres for processing sewage, serving a population of 400,000. -
Owen Mace takes over as Director of BPF Plastic Pipes Group
Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group. -
Ledbury engineering firm strengthens senior team as demand for water process systems grows
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets. -
BactoCloud platform for bNovate’s BactoSense instruments brings new understanding of water quality
bNovate has launched BactoCloud, a secure cloud-based platform that connects and manages its BactoSense instruments, enabling real-time monitoring and optimization of microbial water quality.
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