17 Jul 2025
With a growing number of UK regions facing drought conditions, new research from the University of Surrey shows that helping households use less water means first understanding their everyday habits – and getting the public onboard attempts to change those habits. A collaboration between Surrey academics and more than 100 professionals across the water sector has […]
17 Jul 2025
Thousands of fish will benefit from improved access to vital habitats following the installation of a new fish pass in Mildenhall and at Newby Bridge Weir. A new £1.2 million fish pass on the River Lark in Mildenhall improves migration for trout, eels, and coarse fish. Separately, work is underway to replace an outdated eel […]
17 Jul 2025
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted Welsh Water for breaking conditions of an environmental permit at a Herefordshire sewage treatment works 7 times in a 5 month period. At Kidderminster Magistrates Court on 11 July 2025, Welsh Water was fined £24,000 for exceeding permitted levels of sewage effluent from the Clehonger Sewage Treatment Works near […]
17 Jul 2025
The National Drought Group (NDG) met on 15 July as a drought is declared in the West and East Midlands. Dry weather continues to impact water resources across England requiring water companies to take action to manage demand with the public being urged to use water wisely. While drought conditions continue across much of the […]
17 Jul 2025
Water companies in England and the UK Government have today agreed to an unprecedented series of actions to enable a huge increase in employment and a boost to workforce skills. These commitments come as the water industry embarks on a record £100 billion programme of investment. With the water industry now the second largest source […]
10 Jul 2025
Ofwat has proposed a £24m enforcement package following its findings that South West Water has failed to meet it legal obligations in managing its wastewater treatment works and network. These failures resulted in the company spilling wastewater to the environment when it should not have done. This announcement represents the next stage of Ofwat’s largest […]
10 Jul 2025
Image description: a red tractor ploughing a field, with white birds surrounding it. Image by Tian Dayong / Unsplash. The Guardian has broken a story on an Environment Agency (EA) insider blowing the whistle on what they describe as a “deliberate and ongoing cover-up” of the public health and environmental dangers of spreading sewage […]
10 Jul 2025
Image description: A drak green hosepipe stored away in a garden. Image by VariousPhotography / Pixabay Yorkshire Water is introducing a hosepipe ban affecting more than five million people, that come into effect from Friday (11 July). It marks the first hosepipe ban to be declared in the UK this year. Yorkshire Water said […]
