Portsmouth Water CEO warns chemicals fly tipping “could have caused long term harm to environment and water supplies”
Bob Taylor, CEO of Portsmouth Water has warned that a recent fly tipping incident involving illegal chemicals “could have caused great long term harm to environment and water supplies.”
Businesses urged to join largest ever collaboration to reduce litter along five major UK rivers
Businesses, residents and organisations situated along five of the UK’s biggest rivers are being invlited to join the largest ever collaborative effort to prevent and reduce the amount of litter entering the UK’s waterways, and subsequently the ocean.
Sewage pollution costs Anglian Water £156,000 in court
Anglian Water has been ordered to pay more than £156,000 for polluting a Northamptonshire brook with sewage - the court found that negligence and a lack of maintenance were to blame for the pollution.
Highways England installs innovative sustainable drainage tech to tackle pollution risk on M56
The first installation of SDS Aqua-XchangeTM, the sustainable drainage innovation which turns roadside filter drains into treatment devices that protect the water environment from toxic metals pollution, has been successfully completed on a busy stretch of the M56 motorway.
Fenland watercourse pollution costs AD feedstock company £45k in court
A company that grows crops for energy has been ordered to pay a total of £45,648.50 in fines, costs and compensation after it polluted 2 Fenland watercourses.
Environment Agency Chair says Times article on state of England’s rivers “wrong on most counts”
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of Environment the Agency has written a strongly worded rebuttal to The Times article "Filthy Business" saying its editorial and coverage of the state of England’s rivers is wrong on most counts except one - the Agency needs more resources if it is to tackle pollution as effectively as we all want.
Times newspaper warns “no river safe for bathing” -and blames Environment Agency and water companies
The Times newspaper launched a strong attack on the water sector on Saturday with its front page entirely taken up with a warning that no river in England is safe for bathing, together with a further two pages of detailed analysis and comment.
Major campaign launched to encourage British public to ‘Love Water’
The British public are being asked to help the country protect water resources for future generations as part of a major campaign launched by more than 40 environmental groups, charities, water companies and regulators.
EA Chief warns of profound and potentially terminal consequences of climate change impacts
Environment Agency Chief Sir James Bevan is warning that unless we tackle the impacts of climate change, "they will have profound and potentially terminal consequences for everything that matters to us", in the newly published EA's Annual Report and Accounts for 2018-2019.
Berkshire waterway pollution incident costs Thames Water £700k-plus in court
Thames Water has been ordered to pay more than £700,000 in fines and costs for polluting the Maidenhead Ditch in Berkshire – killing fish and leaving many in distress.