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Regulation and Legislation

Northern Ireland (NI) has introduced new Regulations under the Water Framework Directive to control oil storage.

Bob Tallentire, M.D. at Adien, WaterBriefing’s Expert Focus on Detection and Mapping, comments on the uncertainty surrounding the extent of the UK’s private sewer network.

Water industry regulator Ofwat has said that an increase in bills for customers is inevitable following the transfer of private sewers to water and sewerage companies in England and Wales.

Thursday, 02 December 2010 09:27

Big fines for water polluters

The courts isued big fines last week to two companies responsible for major water pollution offences. In one case an oil spill cost the firm concerned over £17,500.

Monday, 22 November 2010 17:20

Oil spill in river costs firm over £17,500

On Thursday 17 November 2010 Mark Group Limited of Leicester pleaded guilty at Worcester Magistrates Court to polluting the Barbourne Brook at Gheluvelt Park, Worcester.
Environment Agency Wales has been advising local businesses at the Tir Llwyd Industrial Estate how to avoid polluting the River Gele.
Thursday, 04 November 2010 13:56

NI bathing water quality improves

The results from the annual monitoring programme of local bathing water quality have shown that the quality of bathing water in Northern Ireland has improved, with 16 out of 24 areas meeting guideline standards.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is engaging with land managers to discuss the issues associated with water abstraction for irrigation.
Ofwat, the economic regulator of the water and sewerage sector, has reported that although the water companies continue to deliver good levels of service to most consumers, last year six companies failed to meet their leakage targets.
Thursday, 11 November 2010 12:15

Farmer’s crops ruined by sewage

Anglian Water has been fined a total of £22,000 and ordered to pay full costs of £4,489 after a rising main burst twice in seven months ruining crops both times.
A record number of beaches and inland bathing waters in England and Wales reached the highest EC standards in bathing water quality this year, a report published today by the Environment Agency reveals.
St Regis Paper Co Ltd, the UK's largest waste paper recycling company, has been convicted of misleading the Environment Agency over the quality of effluent discharged from its papermill into a Devon river.
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