Three water companies to pay £847,000 in Enforcement Undertakings accepted by Environment Agency
Three water companies have agreed to pay a total of £847,000 in Enforcement Undertakings accepted by the Environment Agency during the period 10 September 2021 to 31 December 2021.
Raw sewage discharge costs Yorkshire Water nearly £250,000 in court
Yorkshire Water has been fined £233,000 and ordered to pay £18,766.06 costs and £170 Victim Surcharge after it admitted to being responsible for a sewage leak that led to the deaths of hundreds of fish in Tong Beck, near Bradford.
EA Chief on regulation after Brexit - “think differently, speak softly and carry an even bigger stick”
Environment Agency Chief Executive Sir James Bevan has said that regulators need to “think differently, speak softly, and carry an even bigger stick” in order to regulate better after Brexit - including "fines so large they would put a major dent in companies’ bottom lines and sentences that would put their bosses in jail."
County Durham watercourse pollution costs Northumbrian Water £274,000 in court
Northumbrian Water has been fined £240,000 for polluting a watercourse in a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency. The company appeared at Newcastle Crown Court for sentence on yesterday after previously pleading guilty to two offences of polluting Coundon Burn on March 13 and 14, 2017.
‘Chemical cocktail’ of sewage, slurry and plastic polluting every river in England, new Parliamentary report warns
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) is warning today that poor water quality in English rivers is a result of chronic underinvestment and multiple failures in monitoring, governance and enforcement - not a single river in England has received a clean bill of health for chemical contamination.
Somerset supplier to national supermarkets fined £29k for polluting watercourse plus £8k in costs
Somerset farm business Alvis Brothers Ltd, of Lye Cross Farm, Redhill, has been ordered to pay £37,184 for polluting a tributary of the Congresbury Yeo.
Sewage discharges cost Severn Trent Water £1.5 million+ in court
Severn Trent Water was yesterday fined £1.5 million and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £58, 365 for sewage discharges from 4 sewage treatment works in Worcestershire between February and August 2018.
New report warns pollution is biggest threat to freshwater habitats
A new report is warning that that waterbodies and freshwater habitats across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are being devastated by poor water quality caused by agricultural waste, raw sewage, and pollution from abandoned mines.
Thames Water reports improving performance in a challenging environment
Thames Water is reporting an “improving performance in a challenging environment” with the publication of its half year results for the six months ended 30 September 2021 - but the company has acknowledged its performance is off track in waste metrics with serious pollutions and sewer flooding affected by the extreme impact of climate change.
National infrastructure Commission warns over climate change - more flood management and drainage assets likely to be needed
The National infrastructure Commission is warning that climate change will continue to increase the risk of flooding and pressure on flood risk management and drainage infrastructure - highlighted by recent surface water flooding events over the summer.