07 Feb 2024
A toxic mix of oil, chemicals and bits of tyre from roads is polluting English waterways and no-one is regularly monitoring it, the BBC has found. Heavy rain forces run-off into streams and rivers. Campaigners say it causes “absolutely horrific” damage in places, including just downstream of where The Great British Bake Off is filmed. […]
07 Feb 2024
The London Assembly claims that instances of sewage flowing into London’s rivers in 2023 were almost five times the amount for the same period the previous year. The London Assembly used published Thames Water data which monitors discharge from 118 sites across the Thames Water network feeding into 33 rivers and waterways. The data shows […]
30 Jan 2024
The Times reports that Defra ministers have told water company bosses they will no longer “mark their own homework” on whether they are illegally polluting rivers, in a shift in how the sector is regulated. Private water companies have to run checks to ensure they are meeting permits issued by the Environment Agency about how […]
22 Jan 2024
The Gurdian reports that the UK water industry’s ‘urgent’ plan to tackle sewage pollution has been delayed by four months, with no publication date in sight. Government ministers last year demanded water executives send them a “plan for urgent change” to tackle outflows which spill untreated human waste into rivers and seas. Last May the […]
08 Jan 2024
UP TO £2500 FOR A COASTAL WATER FOUNTAIN – HELP REDUCE OCEAN PLASTIC Sea-Changers are thrilled to announce that the Sea-Changers Coastal Fountain Fund 2024 is open for applications. The fund, which began in 2020, is for organisations who want to install a water bottle refill station in a busy or environmentally important […]
03 Jan 2024
Consumer Voice reports four new legal claims against UK water companies accused of overcharging millions of customers. Lawsuits against Anglian Water, Northumbrian Water, United Utilities and Yorkshire Water follow an earlier claim against Severn Water. Millions of household customers across the UK could be entitled to compensation following the latest round of lawsuits issued against […]
06 Nov 2023
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is marking 50 years since the adoption of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), the primary global treaty for the prevention of pollution of the marine environment by ships from intentional, operational or accidental causes. The graphic above details one of the six […]
25 Oct 2023
The High Court in Cardiff last week agreed River Action’s challenge of the Environment Agency’s handling of agricultural pollution in the River Wye can proceed to court. River Action argued that by failing to prevent the spread of excessive levels of manure across agricultural land in the Wye river catchment, where high phosphorus levels in […]
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