SAS Water Quality Report 2025 warns “sewage is being dumped into rivers and seas on scale that defies belief”
Campaigning organisation Surfers Against Sewage has today published its latest Water Quality Report, saying that the report reveals that “sewage is being dumped into our rivers and seas on a scale that defies belief.”
Severn Trent to pay £600,000 to Trent Rivers Trust following pollution incident of Leicestershire brook
Severn Trent has agreed to pay £600,000 to the Trent Rivers Trust following a pollution incident - the payment follows the Environment Agency's investigation into the pollution of a Leicestershire brook by the water company.
Surfers Against Sewage completes road trip to take sewage debate to election hotspots
Tomorrow the Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) 12-day UK road trip in a bespoke double-decker bus to take the sewage debate to election hotspots will complete its journey in the SAS hometown of St. Agnes in Cornwall.
EFRA Committee calls CEOs of United Utilities and South West Water in over recent pollution incidents
The Chair of the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.(EFRA ) has this morning written to the CEOs of United Utilities and South West Water (SWW) to raise the Committee’s serious concerns over the recent incidents involving sewage being illegally pumped into Lake Windermere, and the parasite outbreak in the water network in Devon.
Preventing pollution: a data-led approach to rising main management
Warren Beere, Condition Assessment Engineer at Xylem, takes a look at how taking a data-led approach to rising main management has a key role to play in preventing sewage and wastewater pollution.
Government consults on plans to expand targets to tackle sewage pollution even further
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a new consultation on the Government’s proposal to expand the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan to cover all coastal and estuarine waters.
Government publishes Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan
The Government has published its Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan setting stringent new targets to protect people and the environment. This will require water companies to deliver the largest infrastructure programme in water company history.
Defra confirms plans to expand targets to tackle sewage even further
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has confirmed it is planning to expand storm overflow reduction targets even further to tackle sewage pollution.
Experts call on Government to implement 2010 law to reduce flood risk and sewage spills
More than 40 expert bodies, academics and delivery organisations have written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calling on the Government to implement a 2010 flooding law to ease flood risk and sewage spills.
Marine Conservation Society joins legal action against Government over failure to tackle sewage pollution
The Marine Conservation Society has announced that it is taking legal action against the UK Government as a result of what it describes as “their failure to address the sewage pollution scandal facing English shores.”
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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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