The Environment Agency has told the company responsible for a major pollution on the River Witham that killed at least 100,000 fish they must develop plans to restore the river.

Wessex Water has offered to pay £975,000 to achieve equivalent environmental benefits following a series of sewage spills in Swanage Bay, Dorset.

A Somerset company has been ordered to pay more than £13,000 in fines and costs for polluting a river with waste ink.

The Government has set out its plan to ban the distribution and sale of plastic straws, drinks stirrers and cotton buds to protect rivers and seas.

The Environment Agency has issued detailed new guidance to water companies on environmental permits for storm overflows and emergency overflows – on issues ranging from screens, telemetry systems, pumping systems and connections for new developments.

Jo Bradley, Market Development Manager, SDS Ltd and formerly Water Quality Advisor and Highway Outfall Project Manager with the Environment Agency, looks at the challenges posed by urban and highway runoff  which are contributing significantly to UK water quality failures.

Northumbrian Water Ltd has been fined for unpermitted discharges of untreated sewage following an investigation by the Environment Agency.

A new Environment Agency report says companies need to do more to protect the environment.

In one of the first studies to determine potential sources of microplastics pollution, researchers have found that water samples from UK rivers contained significantly higher concentrations of microplastics downstream from wastewater treatment plants.

Anglian Water has become the first water company to announce a radical commitment to rid the East of England of plastic waste by 2030 – the ambitious pledge will tackle all plastic waste which isn’t reusable, recyclable or compostable.