€5m EU study to protect drinking water from pesticides and nitrate farm pollution
A €5 million EU-funded study is exploring agricultural practices and EU policies related to drinking water quality and the use of pesticides and nitrogen.
Innovative technology trials in Wales see 99% of toxic metal mine pollution removed from river samples
Trials of an innovative technology developed in Wales to tackle severe heavy metal pollution in rivers has seen the treatment’s success with raw samples showing metal removal of 87% while filtered samples confirmed 99.5% removal of metals.
Pollution incident costs Severn Trent Water £418k in court
Derby Crown Court, sitting in Nottingham, has imposed a significant fine this week on Severn Trent Water following a serious pollution incident which resulted in an estimated 30,000 dead fish and 5km of damaged ecology along the River Amber.
Nitrates pollution and over-abstraction costs Shropshire farmer £36,000 in court
In a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency, environmental offences for nitrates pollution and over-abstraction have cost a Shropshire farmer £36,000 in court.
Yorkshire Water hosts first flooding and pollution Hackathon
Yorkshire Water gathered the finest minds in data for its first solveIT hackathon event as the firm ramps up its plans to proactively prevent flooding and pollution incidents.
EA Chair calls for courts to make fines for water pollution proportionate to companies’ turnover
The Chair of the Environment Agency has called for courts to make fines for water pollution incidents proportionate to the companies’ turnover, saying that the water companies are responsible for "at least one serious pollution incident every week."
Water pollution incident costs Anglian Water £53k-plus
Anglian Water has agreed to pay £50,000 to an environmental charity after a manhole overflowed with black sludge and grey liquid into a watercourse in Bedfordshire due to a blocked sewer.
Gove warns water companies – “up your game or face the consequences”
Environment Secretary Michael Gove launched a wide-ranging attack on the water companies yesterday warning them they would need to raise their game on financing structures and operational performance, particularly leakage and pollution, or "face the consequences".
Parliamentary nitrates inquiry to hold first evidence session
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee is holding its first evidence session in its nitrates inquiry tomorrow when the Committee will hear rom academics and Environment groups.
World-leading microbeads ban comes into force in UK
The UK government's ban on microbeads in cosmetics and personal care products has come into force – a landmark step in the introduction of one of the world’s toughest bans on the harmful pieces of plastic.