A major new Unearthed investigation highlights how sewage is affecting nature. According to Greenpeace, the investigation has revealed that sewage poured into England and Wales’ most-precious conservation sites for more than 300,000 hours in 2022. Over the past five months, Unearthed has been conducting an analysis of data on water companies’ sewage spills in sites […]
Preventing excessive sewage discharges requires long-term decision-making, according to a new ICE insight paper. Sewage discharges into the UK’s rivers and onto beaches have attracted significant attention recently. They have increased in many areas due to urban expansion, changing weather patterns, and ageing infrastructure. They occur because large parts of the UK have a combined […]
According to exclusive research published in the Guardian, eleven billion litres of raw sewage were discharged from a sample of 30 water company treatment works in one year. The study aimed to reveal the volume of discharged effluent released from storm overflows by water firms. Companies are not forced to reveal the volume of raw […]
Industry body Water UK has apologised on behalf of water and sewage companies in England for not acting quickly enough on sewage spills. To put things right, the industry plans to make the largest ever investment in storm overflows as part of a major programme to reduce spills into rivers and seas. In addition, a […]
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey says party would abolish Ofwat Reported in The Times Water companies are routinely able to dump sewage in rivers in England and Wales because the regulator is “pointless” and lacks real teeth, the leader of the Liberal Democrats has said. Sir Ed Davey said Ofwat should be replaced with a […]
CCW research on Awareness and perceptions of river water quality From CCW Over the past year, there has been growing concern about river water quality in England and Wales, and the frequency with which storm overflows are used. This research provides insight into customers’ views on this topic. What the research found 35% of people […]
from Carvemag Thousands of people are expected to take part in the first National Day of Action on Water Quality on Saturday 23 April, a mass protest calling on water companies to end the sewage scandal polluting UK waterways. Ocean conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) has joined forces with clean water campaign groups to organise 11 […]
From the outset of the Cameron Conservative Government their mantra has been ‘As Conservatives, we are committed to leaving the environment in better condition than we inherited it’. If anyone was looking for evidence of how that hasn’t happened they need look no further that sewage pollution of rivers and the coast and the shambolic U turn of the last […]