23 Oct 2025

Image description: A white sign on a grey brick wall reading “Senedd Cymru, Welsh Parliament”. Image by Jonny Gios / Unsplash   Ministers have confirmed Wales is set to receive a “new, stand-alone regulator” for the water sector, following the scrapping of Ofwat. Irranca-Davies, also cabinet secretary for climate change, reportedly told the Senedd “bold […]

23 Oct 2025

Image description: Water running from a tap into a green glass that is overflowing. Image by Andres Siimon / Unsplash   Thames Water says it has agreed to defer its appeal of the regulator’s decision on how much it can raise customer bills while it races to secure a rescue plan funded by its creditors […]

23 Oct 2025

Image description: Wetlands in Anna Bay, Australia. Image by Andrew Coates, Unsplash   New research has been published documenting the economics of floating wetlands around the world, finding they were a cost-effective way to improve water quality. The Guardian recently profiled the co-authors of the study, which looked at the use of artificial floating wetlands […]

09 Oct 2025

Image description: River Wye winding through the English countryside. Image by malcolm west from Pixabay.   Thousands of residents and environmental campaigners have launched a legal claim against poultry producers over pollution in the River Wye. The claim, filed at the High Court, alleges that intensive chicken farming has caused significant environmental damage to the […]

09 Oct 2025

Image description: Water cascading down rocks. Photo by Gary Yost on Unsplash.   A new £2 million research initiative has been launched to investigate the growing threat of so-called “forever chemicals” in UK rivers and their impact on wildlife. The project, titled UNSaFE (UNderstanding the Scale, Sources, Fate and Effects of PFAS pollution), is funded […]

09 Oct 2025

Image description: water droplet falling from a tap. Image by Tim from Pixabay   Millions of households in England will have to pay even higher water bills than had previously been expected, after five water companies appealed to the UK’s competition regulator. In December regulator Ofwat said average annual household bills could rise by 36% […]

02 Oct 2025

Image description: Aerial image of sewage treatment facility. Image by Photo by Ivan Bandura on Unsplash   UK Pennon group eyeing profitability for 2025-26 South West Water owner Pennon has reported a “strong return to profitability” despite higher costs borne during the summer drought and the UK’s hottest summer on record. The FTSE 250 water […]

02 Oct 2025

Image description: A water pipe flowing into a river. Photo by Jacob Antony on Unsplash   Internal documents and data shared with BBC News have highlighted that the Environment Agency (EA) has been struggling to monitor incidents of serious pollution. An internal EA document from this year states that all potentially serious incidents should be […]