A new report from environmental NGO Earthwatch Europe suggests that the Thames river basin district has the worst water quality in the UK, with 81% of measurements showing unacceptable levels of nutrient pollution, despite the Thames Tideway Tunnel becoming fully operational in February of this year.

Anglian Water has been fined £300,000 for illegally discharging sewage into a watercourse that feeds into the Broads Special Area of Conservation in Norfolk, following a successful prosecution by the Environment Agency.

Uisce Éireann has confirmed that the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant in Ballyvaughan will get underway in the coming weeks.

Wessex Water is getting read to start work on a £5 million investment in a trio of projects to protect a watercourse in South Gloucestershire.

In partnership with Louth County Council, Uisce Éireann recently completed the significant upgrade of Omeath’s wastewater infrastructure. The project will ensure that wastewater is adequately treated before being safely discharged into the coastal waters of Carlingford Lough.

Severn Trent Water has been ordered to pay a fine of £2,072,000 for allowing huge amounts of raw sewage to discharge into the River Trent from Strongford Wastewater Treatment Works (WTW) near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, between November 2019 and February 2020.

As of yesterday, the Environment Agency can now impose unlimited financial penalties on companies who pollute the environment. 

Uisce Éireann has completed a €4 million wastewater treatment plant project for Spiddal in Galway which will eliminate the discharge of raw sewage from the village into Galway Bay.

Uisce Éireann has achieved significant milestones on its €139 million wastewater project in Arklow - approximately 80% of the works to the sewer network have been completed along the North and South quays, with over 1.8 km of new sewers already installed and all tunnelling works completed.

A legal claim has been issued against Severn Trent Water, one of six UK water companies who are facing legal collective actions for allegedly abusing their dominant market position by underreporting the number of times they cause pollution incidents and overcharging customers as a result.