24 Jul 2025
Following the announcement by the UK environment secretary of plans to scrap Ofwat and create a single regulator, reaction from across the water sector and stakeholders has been widespread. A landmark review into the industry – led by Sir Jon Cunliffe – concluded that Ofwat, the Water Services Regulation Authority for England and Wales, should […]
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 […]
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 […]
26 Jun 2025
Image description: Shoals of juvenile salmon, known as smolts struggling with barriers in the River Itchen. Image by Kieran Gillingham. The Environment Agency and partners are looking for ways to improve fish passage past barriers and restore the lower River Itchen by Southampton. Each spring, shoals of juvenile salmon, known as smolts, begin their […]
12 Jun 2025
Image description: Dry, cracked earth. Image by Yusuf Gündüz. National Drought Group to meet monthly The Environment Agency (EA) convened a National Drought Group meeting, following the driest spring since 1893. EA director of water, Helen Wakeham, announced the group, which is formed of the Met Office, government, regulators, water companies, farmers, and experts, […]
29 May 2025
Image description: One of the new signs as part of the history and wildlife trail. Credit: Groundwork Yorkshire. The latest phase of Hull’s Dynamic Drains initiative has launched along Holderness Drain in East Hull, transforming previously underused land into a linear park, expanding the city’s wildlife and history trail, and improving access to fishing. […]
13 May 2025
Image description: Two yellow diggers carrying out beach renourishment work in Lincolnshire. Image by: Van Oord / Environment Agency. Sand will be topped up on beaches between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point to reduce the risk of flooding for Lincolnshire’s coastal communities. Over the next 4 to 5 weeks, around 200,000 to 500,000 cubic metres […]
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