A major review called for oversight of water companies in Wales and England to be overhauled. Source link

Getty ImagesWater companies spilled raw sewage into England's rivers and seas for a record 3.6 million hours in 2024, according to Environment Agency figures.Limited amounts of sewage are allowed ...

Alex Boyd & Lucy HookerBBC NewsGetty ImagesThe government is preparing a "water revolution" that will halve the number of times sewage is discharged into waterways in England and Wales ...

Joe Crowley / BBCKate Pryke is campaigning to prevent new housing being built in a village where sewage facilities are over capacityOn the edge of Buckingham in southern England, ...

Jonah FisherBBC environment correspondentReutersSewage spilled illegally into England's largest lake on a record number of days last year, an analysis of water company data by campaigners suggests.The analysis, which ...

Water companies released raw sewage into England's rivers and seas for a record 3.61 million hours last year, a slight increase on 2023.Although the number of hours increased, figures ...

BBCFlooding in the basement is one of many incidents at the Princess Alexandra HospitalThe Princess Alexandra Hospital in Essex has been plagued by problems with its ageing buildings and ...

The embattled Thames Water saw a 40% increase in pollution incidents in the first half of the year as its debts continued to swell.The UK's biggest water firm reported ...

Thames Water, Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water face £168m fines by the industry regulator over historic sewage spills.The proposal will now go to public consultation and is part of ...

Sewage did not cause a surge in bacterial pollution which made Portobello beach unsafe for swimmers, according to the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa).The agency issued a warning on ...

All 11 water and wastewater companies in England and Wales are now under scrutiny over sewage spills, after the regulator said it was expanding its investigation.On Tuesday, Ofwat opened ...

9 hours agoBy Esme Stallard, Jonah Fisher and Sophie Woodcock, BBC News Climate and Science • Becky Dale and Libby Rogers, BBC News data journalism teamGetty ImagesSewage is discharged from overflow points across EnglandEvery ...