29 Sep 2020
22 Sep 2020
Every single river in England is dirty and fails pollution quality tests
Covered by the BBC and in the Guardian All rivers in England have been declared dirty after every single one failed to meet quality tests for pollution, according to a review by the Environment Agency. Just 14 per cent of England’s rivers are in good overall environmental condition – while not one of them is […]
02 Sep 2020
27,500 tonnes of sewage sludge to be brought to UK from Netherlands
This is worrying given new research which has demonstrated how plastic contamination can decimate the soil micro-fauna. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Guardian – Greenpeace ‘Sewage sludge containing human waste from the Netherlands has been passed for import to the UK, to be used on farmland as fertiliser, despite concerns over the safety of its […]
26 Aug 2020
The CSO problem highlighted – is this one of the consequences of climate change with more flash floods?
Guardian Water companies in England discharged raw sewage into rivers on more than 200,000 occasions last year, according to data obtained by the Guardian. The analysis reveals untreated human waste was released into streams and rivers for more than 1.5m hours in 2019. The figures, obtained via environmental information requests, trace releases of sewage from […]
19 Aug 2020
Bathing Waters on UK Rivers – the context to the current Wharfe consultation
Phil Bremner, Business Synergies ‘As you will have seen from previous Editor’s Comments I have been supportive of the efforts of the Ilkley Clean River Campaign’s to obtain bathing water status for the River Ilkley in West Yorkshire. No UK river has designated bathing water status while Germany has 38, Italy 73 and France 573, just 14% of Britain’s rivers […]
07 Jul 2020
Combined sewer overflows back in the press
Exclusive in the Guardian “Water firms discharged raw sewage into England’s rivers 200,000 times in 2019” Newspaper highlights how untreated effluent flowed into waterways for more than 1.5m hours, whilst England’s privatised water firms have paid £57bn in dividends since 1991. Water companies in England discharged raw sewage into rivers on more than 200,000 occasions […]
25 Feb 2020
Local campaigners claim victory as Yorkshire Water agree to stop dumping sewage sludge in the River Wharf
Yorkshire Post: ‘Victory for Ilkley campaigners as Yorkshire Water agree to stop dumping sewage in the River Wharfe A group of Ilkley residents concerned about local water pollution have won a battle to get the River Wharfe cleaned up. Around 70 members of the Ilkley Clean Rivers Group met with representatives of the Environment Agency […]
27 Jun 2019
Sewage Pollution – Emergency Sewer overflows & legal loophole leading raising concerns
Sir James Bevan warns companies to improve their pollution performance Environment Agency (EA) Chief Executive Sir James Bevan has warned water companies to improve their pollution performance, saying: “If companies cannot operate without damaging the environment, they will rightly lose their social licence to operate.” Bevan, in a speech at the Water Industry Forum in Birmingham, said the […]
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